How to fetch place name and city name from google autocomplete box

emiljenson · September 26, 2017, 3:54pm

Hi,

i have implemented google places autocomplete in my app.This works fine but it returns a whole load of data which i dont need. So how to extract the place name and city name .

danielmm1997 · September 26, 2017, 5:12pm

Do Something like this

github.com

danielehrhardt/Ionic-2-Google-Maps-Marker-Cluster/blob/master/src/pages/home/home.ts#L139


  const autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(addressEl);
  autocomplete.bindTo('bounds', this.map);
  return new Observable((sub: any) => {
    google.maps.event.addListener(autocomplete, 'place_changed', () => {
      const place = autocomplete.getPlace();
      if (!place.geometry) {
        sub.error({
          message: 'Autocomplete returned place with no geometry'
        });
      } else {
        console.log('Search Lat', place.geometry.location.lat());
        console.log('Search Lng', place.geometry.location.lng());
        sub.next(place.geometry.location);
        //sub.complete();
      }
    });
  });
}


initializeMap() {
  this.zone.run(() => {