Nearby Places Search

Descrición

Nearby Places Search: This Plugin integrates with the Google Places and GMap.

Shows a list of places of a certain type and configurable from the back-end
settings within the specified radius for specified location.

Requirement

Google Maps API Key.

Shortcode

Shortcode : [nearby_places_search_code]

Usage

1. In path (wp-admin/options-general.php?page=searchsettings) configure the search settings for
   places.

2. You can change the type of place, the center point and the radius from the
   center point in the configuration page.

3. Copy the shortcode [nearby_places_search_code],Paste the Shortcode into Your Page , Post or any custom post type.

Configuration Settings

1. Location Types – Location Type is restricted to select only one value.
   See https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/supported_types
   for supported types.
   Default values set as: Atm|Bank|Hospital|Park|Restaurant|School

2. Google API Authentication Method – ‘API Key’ or ‘Google Maps API for Work’
   As per method selection add ‘Google Maps API Key’.

3. Location – The latitude/longitude around which to retrieve the information
   of place. This must be specified as latitude,longitude.
   Default value set to 18.5204, 73.8567 (Pune, Maharashtra, India).

4. Radius – Defines the distance (in meters) within which to return place
   results. The maximum allowed radius is 50000 meters. Default set to 1000 meter.

Note : Default configuration value define at ‘config/nearby_places_search_config.php’

Reference link

https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search#PlaceSearchRequests