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Places

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Business capabilities this tag reaches
Location & Mapping 3 Data & Reference Information Services 1 Gaming 1

Providers using this tag (12)

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Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Google Maps PlatformEnvironmentGeocodingGeolocationMaps14 APIs73.6YelpRestaurantLocal SearchReviewsBusiness Data25 APIs68.2
Strong 5 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Google PlacesRestaurantGeolocationGoogleLocation1 API62.4ValueSERPSERPSearch Engine ResultsGoogle SearchSEO1 API62.3SerperSearchSERPGoogle SearchArtificial Intelligence2 APIs55.4GeoapifyGeocodingGeospatialLocationMaps39 APIs62.6VOYGRCompanyLocation IntelligencePOIData Enrichment1 API54.4
Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
FoursquareRestaurantLocationGeocoding1 API45.1
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
RankFabrikDataWeb ScrapingLocal Business4 APIs18.9PeliasGeocodingReverse GeocodingGeospatialOpen Source1 API22.9
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
FactualCompanyLocationGeolocation4.6WikimapiaGeospatialMappingCrowdsourced1 API10.3

APIs with this tag (90)

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Exemplar 15 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
HERE Geocoding and Search APIForward and reverse geocoding, address lookup, place discovery, browse, and details. Returns rich location ...79.0Esri Places APIPoints of interest search and retrieval75.0SerpApi Google Local APISerpApi Google Local results (engine=google_local): local pack businesses with ratings, reviews, addresses,...74.3SerpApi Google Maps APISerpApi Google Maps results (engine=google_maps): place search, place details, reviews, photos and directio...74.3Grounding Lite MCP ServerGoogle's remote Model Context Protocol server (Maps Experience agent tools) exposing search_places, lookup_...73.6Places Aggregate APICompute statistical insights and aggregate data about places within a specified area.73.6Places APIAccess information about places using HTTP requests including search, details, and autocomplete.73.6Places InsightsQuery places data in BigQuery to derive statistical insights for site selection, market analysis, and busin...73.6Places SDK for AndroidAccess rich place information including names, addresses, ratings, and photos in Android applications.73.6Places SDK for iOSAccess rich place information including names, addresses, ratings, and photos in iOS applications.73.6publiq Places APIThe Places API from publiq — 30 operation(s) for places.72.6CycleCalcs Places APIThe Places API from CycleCalcs — 1 operation(s) for places.70.4Google Aggregate Places APIThe Google Places Aggregate API delivers aggregated insightssuch as the count or list of Place IDsfor place...68.9Google Places Insights APIThe Google Places Insights API (now generally known as the Places Aggregate API) provides aggregated intell...68.9Amazon Web Services Places APIThe Places API from Amazon Web Services — 7 operation(s) for places.68.5
Strong 17 Solid coverage with minor gaps
SerpKite Places APIThe Places API from SerpKite — 1 operation(s) for places.65.5IPinfo Places APIIPinfo Places API - Building-level IP intelligence for physical locations.63.6Geoapify Places APIThe Places API helps to query places, amenities, and points of interest using more than 400 categories. We ...62.6Google Places APIOperations for retrieving place details and media.62.4ValueSERP Places APIGoogle Maps and local places search results.62.3HyperTrack Places APIThe Places API from HyperTrack — 7 operation(s) for places.60.5Wego Places APITurn free text into typed travel locations. `getPlaces` resolves a city, airport, district or hotel name to...59.0KISI Places APIThe Places API from KISI — 6 operation(s) for places.57.6flatin.pt Places APIWhere to live, municipality figures, construction barometer and the glossary — the same answers as the MCP ...57.5Govly Places APIResolve place names to canonical Govly Place ids.56.0GoSpotCheck Places APIThe Places API from GoSpotCheck — 2 operation(s) for places.55.7thinair-co Places APIThe Places API from thinair-co — 2 operation(s) for places.55.7TransCAPI Places APIThe Places API from TransCAPI — 1 operation(s) for places.55.7Serper Places APILocal business and place search55.4Serper Reviews APIGoogle place reviews by cid, fid or placeId, cursor-paginated with nextPageToken. The only Serper endpoint ...55.4Precisely APIs Places APIThe Places API from Precisely APIs — 9 operation(s) for places.54.5Voygr Business Validation APIBusiness existence and operating-status validation. POST /v1/business-status takes a business name and a fu...54.4
Developing 21 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
api-ninjas-com Places APIThe Places API from api-ninjas-com — 2 operation(s) for places.52.8PhotoPrism Places APIThe Places API from PhotoPrism — 2 operation(s) for places.52.5ADHDEvaluations Places APIThe Places API from ADHDEvaluations — 1 operation(s) for places.52.1Localytics Places APIPoint-of-interest sync for location-triggered messaging — upload and manage the geofence/POI set an app mon...51.7AI Benchmark Index Places APIThe Places API from AI Benchmark Index — 1 operation(s) for places.50.5gmaps.dev Places APIThe Places API from gmaps.dev — 2 operation(s) for places.50.4snoopscan-com Places APIThe places API from snoopscan-com — 1 operation(s) for places.49.9Zoca Places APIThe places API from Zoca — 4 operation(s) for places.49.5latlng-work Places APISearch and discover OpenStreetMap points of interest.49.4Flickr Places APIPlace IDs, hierarchies, and resolution49.1Uber Places APISaved rider locations49.0Paedae Places APIThe Places API from Paedae — 5 operation(s) for places.48.6getziztu-com Places APILocations in a project47.6Postfinder Places APIThe directory as the site's pages have it: countries, regions, suburbs and places.45.3Cork & Curve Places APIThe places API from Cork & Curve — 6 operation(s) for places.45.2Drinked In Places APIReal-world place search and evening planning.44.5Roblox Engine API Places APIPlace publishing and management43.1CarGene Places APIThe places API from CarGene — 1 operation(s) for places.42.8Dish Directory Places APIThe Places API from Dish Directory — 1 operation(s) for places.41.4iContainers Places APIPlaces41.1Heyyumi AI Places APIThe Places API from Heyyumi AI — 4 operation(s) for places.40.8
Thin 20 Limited public surface area
ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Places APIThe Places API from ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — 3 operation(s) for places.38.8thevicinityapp-com Places APIVenues and landmarks (bars, parks, gyms, libraries, etc.).38.6PredictHQ Places APIThe Places API from PredictHQ — 1 operation(s) for places.38.4MusicBrainz Places APILookup, browse, and search for places (venues, studios, etc.).38.2Politecnico di Torino Places APIPlaces resources of the Polito Faculty API, split per tag from openapi/_original/. Operated by Politecnico ...38.2iNaturalist Places APISearch and fetch37.0FairePlace Places APIBuilding/residence management36.7ITINAgents Places APIThe Places API from ITINAgents — 1 operation(s) for places.35.2TransportAPI Places APITransport stops, stations, and points of interest33.0Dynamite Circle Places APIThe Places API from Dynamite Circle — 2 operation(s) for places.32.1Art Institute of Chicago Places APIGeographic places linked to artworks (uses Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names).31.5Department of Interior Places APIRetrieve articles providing a synopsis of specific places related to national parks.31.5Astraluno Places APIThe Places API from Astraluno — 1 operation(s) for places.31.4CoworkingView API Places APIThe places API from CoworkingView API — 1 operation(s) for places.31.1National Park Service Places APIThe Places API from National Park Service — 1 operation(s) for places.30.9China Footnotes Places APIThe Places API from China Footnotes — 2 operation(s) for places.29.8CoreLogic Australia Places APIPlaces of interest attached to a property. The portal FAQ is explicit about its scope — "Currently, only Sc...27.7Jawg Maps Places APIThe Places API from Jawg Maps — 4 operation(s) for places.27.7Fleetbase Places APIAddressable geocoded locations.27.4Kakao Local APIKakao Local API offers address-to-coordinate (and reverse) geocoding, keyword and category place search, an...26.2
Emerging 14 Early or largely undocumented
Carbonara CO2 Places APIThe Places API from Carbonara CO2 — 1 operation(s) for places.25.8Ola Maps APIOla Maps is an AI-powered geospatial platform providing routing, geocoding, places search, and map visualiz...25.1FakerAPI Places APIGenerate fake geographic coordinates.24.5Dumaguete.uk Places APIThe Places API from Dumaguete.uk — 1 operation(s) for places.23.7toptik-app APItoptik-app API as documented publicly: 33 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evan...23.1Dispola Places APIThe Places API from Dispola — 1 operation(s) for places.21.3Agent Newsstand Places API[web-data] Local search and compound place profiles (search + website scrape).21.0CaptionsTimestamped/segmented video transcript retrieval, up to 50 videos per call. Billed per transcript returned.18.9JobsJob posting collection that segments by publish window/area to exceed the public 1,000-result cap. Billed p...18.9PlacesLocal business data collection via geo point + radius sweep with deduplication on place ID; optional email ...18.9VerifyEmail verification via syntax, disposable-domain, MX and SMTP dialogue checks (no message sent), up to 100 ...18.9Verizon Connect Geofence APIManages geofences (Places) - the named locations and boundaries used to trigger entry/exit alerts and locat...13.5LHMT (Lithuania) APILHMT (Lithuania) API as documented publicly: 12 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by AP...13.0Overture Places ThemeOpen dataset of global points of interest - businesses, landmarks, and services - released as cloud-native ...12.2
Minimal 3 Almost no public developer surface
Rome2Rio Autocomplete APIThe Rome2Rio Autocomplete API provides place-name suggestions as a user types, returning a ranked list of m...10.7Rome2Rio Geocode APIThe Rome2Rio Geocode API resolves a place-name or address string to a canonical Rome2Rio place record with ...10.7Wikimapia REST APIThe Wikimapia REST API provides access to crowdsourced geographic data including places, categories, street...10.3

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These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Places” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

ADHDEvaluations Agent Newsstand AI Benchmark Index Amazon Web Services api-ninjas-com Art Institute of Chicago Astraluno Carbonara CO2 CarGene China Footnotes CoreLogic Australia Cork & Curve CoworkingView API CycleCalcs Department of Interior Dish Directory Dispola Drinked In Dumaguete.uk Dynamite Circle Esri ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology FairePlace FakerAPI flatin.pt Fleetbase Flickr getziztu-com gmaps.dev Google GoSpotCheck Govly HERE Heyyumi AI HyperTrack iContainers iNaturalist IPinfo ITINAgents Jawg Maps Kakao KISI latlng-work LHMT (Lithuania) Localytics MusicBrainz National Park Service Ola Overture Maps Foundation Paedae
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PhotoPrism Politecnico di Torino Postfinder Precisely APIs PredictHQ publiq Roblox Engine API Rome2Rio SerpApi SerpKite snoopscan-com thevicinityapp-com thinair-co toptik-app TransCAPI TransportAPI Uber Verizon Connect Wego Zoca

Score breakdown

Frequency
55.9
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
45.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
8.4
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Maps 15 co-occurrences Geocoding 15 co-occurrences Geolocation 9 co-occurrences Tiles 6 co-occurrences Routing 10 co-occurrences Autocomplete 6 co-occurrences SERP 5 co-occurrences Timezone 5 co-occurrences

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