Google Maps: Is there a way to find out whether a city has a detailed map (not StreetView)?

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I have a point on a map. The point belongs to a city which doesn't have a detailed view with all the streets and buildings yet. But I hope Google will cover this city some time in the future. So I have to display map in a satellite view for now but it would be perfect if the map started to display in a standard view as soon as Google covers the city.

Is it possible to determine programmatically whether city has a detailed view with streets and buildings on Google Maps?

Possible dupe of this question: http://stackoverflow.com/q/2675032/1314132 — Sean Mickey, May 23 '12 at 14:59
Sorry for confusion, I didn't mean "street view", I meant "detailed view of a city with streets and buildings" in a map view. — Danylo Mysak, May 23 '12 at 15:03

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 23 '12 at 16:32

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I solved my problem using reverse geocoding for a given point on a map. If result has a ROOFTOP location_type parameter, that means that the map contains a building at that point. Otherwise there are no buildings.

answered May 23 '12 at 16:32

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Google Maps: Is there a way to find out whether a city has a detailed map (not StreetView)?

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