How to use google api on iphone to request hotels around my place

Question

I am new to google apis and iphone LBS applications. I need to know how to use google api and get a list of hotels around my GPS location.

Here the same functionality is achieved through javascript. how to do it in iphone application?

http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#localsearch_with_markers

Answer 1

Have you tried - http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/#PlaceSearches ?

It looks like a regular web service, you can just send a request, and it should provide you with an XML / JSON list of all the hotels around you.

From the website -

Request = http://maps.google.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=40.717859,-73.957790&radius=1600&client=clientId&sensor=true_or_false&signature=SIGNATURE

Answer =

 { "status": "OK", "results": [ { "name": "Williamsburg", "types": [ "locality", "political" ], "icon": "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/geocode-71.png", "reference": "ClRBAAAAXP...lHAPyHom2aG" }, { "name": "Greenpoint", "vicinity": "New York", "types": [ "neighborhood", "political" ], "icon": "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/geocode-71.png", "reference": "CkQ_AAAAhd...MF45fwr44Ek" }, { "name": "Peter Luger Steakhouse", "vicinity": "Broadway, Brooklyn", "types": [ "restaurant", "food", "establishment" ], "icon": "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/restaurant-71.png", "reference": "ClRCAAAAt3...6Nt7k11iQdT" }, { "name": "Music Hall of Williamsburg", "vicinity": "North 6th Street, Brooklyn", "types": [ "establishment" ], "icon": "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png", "reference": "ClRFAAAAN...6UOKCbjv7Sxy" }, ...additional results ... ], "html_attributions": [ ] }