GooglePlaceSearch: Searchs a general query in Google Maps

In estebanlp/GoogleDataSearch: Dataframe building from Google Maps queries to allow for Spatial Economic Analysis

Description

Creates a data.frame object with the output of a query in Google Maps of places of given a general given location.

User must have a valid API key from Google Places API Web Service to make this function work. For more information go to: https://developers.google.com/places/web-service

Usage

GooglePlaceSearch(query, apikey)

Arguments

query	Is a string object with an specific query as it would be ask in the search bar of Google Maps.
apikey	Your API Key from https://developers.google.com/places/web-service

Value

This function returns a data.frame object with the search results of query that includes a general location.

Author(s)

Esteban Lopez

Examples

mysearch<-GooglePlaceSearch(query="restaurants in Champaign",apikey="yourAPIkeyhere")

estebanlp/GoogleDataSearch documentation built on May 16, 2019, 8:52 a.m.