check if a place is within an area (place_id)

Question

I have a google maps place defined by their place_id s.

The place can refer to:

an address, eg 221B Baker St, Marylebone, London NW1 6XE, UK : ChIJFbp6NM8adkgRdOYUaV-EQlw
Or a general area eg London NW1, UK: ChIJoZM_S7EadkgR_T2MfOBVirE

I would like to know, using google maps API, whether a given address is inside the previous area or near the previously defined address (distance can be defined as a birth flight distance from the previous place).

user_595384 · Answer

You can use place IDs as origins and destinations in the Google Distance Matrix API. So, you can use your place ID as an origin and the address you want to test as the destination. Call the API to determine the distance. I think this was an update in 2017 maybe, see: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/intro#RequestParameters

check if a place is within an area (place_id)

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