Searching by Name Using Geocomplete Jquery Library

Question

Using the Geocomplete Jquery Plugin for Google Maps (http://ubilabs.github.io/geocomplete/) I can successfully search for addresses in the Google Places API. However, does anyone know if it is possible to search for a named placed such as “Madison Square Garden” or “Wells Fargo Center”?

Those are "places", not addresses (the Geocoder resolves addresses). You would find them with the [Google Maps Places API](https://developers.google.com/places/webservice/) — geocodezip, Jul 24 '15 at 20:10

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '16 at 16:56

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Set the types: to ['geocode','establishment'] in defaults of jquery.geocomplete.js

answered Feb 09 '16 at 16:56

anumit

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also remember to change 'type' to 'types' . This had me stuck for awhile. =/ – gitastic Dec 04 '17 at 03:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '17 at 18:12

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For rails geocode, the code would be this:

<script>
  $(".geocomplete").geocomplete({
    types: ['geocode','establishment']
  });
</script>

answered Oct 27 '17 at 18:12

gitastic

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Searching by Name Using Geocomplete Jquery Library

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