Google Mapsに 新API 「Google Places API」が追加されるらしい

The Google Places API (Developer Preview) - Google Maps API Web Services - Google Code

The Google Places API is a service that returns information about a "place" (hereafter referred to as a Place) — defined within this API as an establishment, a geographic location, or prominent point of interest — using an HTTP request. Place requests specify locations as latitude/longitude coordinates.

Two basic Place requests are available: a Place Search request and a Place Details request. Generally, a Place Search request is used to return candidate matches, while a Place Details request returns more specific information about a Place.

2010年7月リリース。これは．．．使えるかもね
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