Google Map API v3 Q&A

名稱找地址？

https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search

Text Search Requests

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?query=台北101+in+tw&sensor=true&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere

https://www.google.com.tw/search?q=台北101

{
   "debug_info" : [],
   "html_attributions" : [ "提供者：\u003ca href=\"http://www.kingwaytek.com/\"\u003eKingway\u003c/a\u003e" ],
   "next_page_token" : "CjQwAAAAePADjnqGMgqoe0tI5UcqSdcVXcsm7RQXRM52aOgSBsssLJZVHFoXPstZvfeq1MlGEhDCdI-2C1iD9jA3ope8s-_jGhQmBfkIyTFPRXIdrDHB-A0fD_vmcQ",
   "results" : [
      {
         "formatted_address" : "台灣台北市信義區市府路45號",
         "geometry" : {
            "location" : {
               "lat" : 25.033496,
               "lng" : 121.563863
            }
         },
         "icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/shopping-71.png",
         "id" : "26eedffe077bae953a0fe4cb4fc2de269c80b33c",
         "name" : "台北101購物中心",
         "opening_hours" : {
            "open_now" : false
         },

..

}

PS.

  https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?query==老梅派出所+in+TW&sensor=true&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere
  精確：台灣新北市石門區老梅路26號
  https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?query==老梅派出所&sensor=true&key=AddYourOwnKeyHere
  偏差：253台灣新北市石門區老梅

座標找國家？

Get country from latitude longitude

I don't know if it works with google maps, but there is a web service that returns a country code and takes as parameters the lat and long.

Here is an example: http://ws.geonames.org/countryCode?lat=49.03&lng=10.2

http://htshboy.blogspot.tw/2013/12/country-google-map-api-v3.html