Places
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Methods
Address
Name the place at a latitude and longitude — the reverse of places_geocode. Use it whenever you have coordinates and need to say where that is
Elevation
How high a place is above sea level, in metres and feet. Sampled from a 90-metre global elevation model, so a summit reads a little under its surveyed height
Geocode
Resolve a place name or address to coordinates
Nearby
List points of interest near a location. Each one says whether it is open right now where that is known, so "is anything open near me" is one call
Search
Find places by name or category, optionally near a location. Each one says whether it is open right now where that is known, rather than raw opening-hours text to interpret