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We saw in a similar question that the Places API should return up to 5 results, but right now we are only able to get 1 result. We were following the tutorial to display museums in Sydney. Does anyone know how to display more than one result? The script for the Maps and Places API is below.
let map;
let service;
let infowindow;
function initMap() {
const sydney = new google.maps.LatLng(-33.867, 151.195);
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
center: sydney,
zoom: 15
});
const request = {
query: "Museum",
fields: ["name", "geometry"]
};
service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.findPlaceFromQuery(request, (results, status) => {
if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
createMarker(results[i]);
}
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
}
});
}
function createMarker(place) {
const marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map,
position: place.geometry.location
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", () => {
infowindow.setContent(place.name);
infowindow.open(map);
});
}
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asked Oct 23 '25 18:10
From the documentation:
Find Place from Query takes a text input and returns a place.
(note the singular "a place")
To get multiple results use nearbySearch (or textSearch)
const sydney = new google.maps.LatLng(-33.867, 151.195);
var request = {
location: sydney ,
radius: '10000',
type: ['museum']
};
service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.nearbySearch(request, (results, status) => {
if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
createMarker(results[i]);
}
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
}
});
proof of concept fiddle
code snippet:
"use strict";
// This example requires the Places library. Include the libraries=places
// parameter when you first load the API. For example:
// <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyBIwzALxUPNbatRBj3Xi1Uhp0fFzwWNBkE&libraries=places">
let map;
let service;
let infowindow;
function initMap() {
const sydney = new google.maps.LatLng(-33.867, 151.195);
infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
center: sydney,
zoom: 15
});
var request = {
location: sydney ,
radius: '10000',
type: ['museum']
};
service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.nearbySearch(request, (results, status) => {
if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
console.log("places service returned "+results.length+" results");
document.getElementById('info').innerHTML = "places service returned "+results.length+" results";
for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
createMarker(results[i]);
}
map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);
}
});
}
function createMarker(place) {
const marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map,
position: place.geometry.location
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", () => {
infowindow.setContent(place.name);
infowindow.open(map);
});
}/* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div
* element that contains the map. */
#map {
height: 90%;
}
/* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */
html,
body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Place Searches</title>
<script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=default"></script>
<script
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap&libraries=places&v=weekly"
defer
></script>
<!-- jsFiddle will insert css and js -->
</head>
<body>
<div id="info"></div>
<div id="map"></div>
</body>
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