Google Maps Nearby Places

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Find places near a coordinate - a lightweight alternative to full area scanning.

Give it a latitude/longitude, a category (e.g. coffee shop, pharmacy, gas station) and a search radius, and it returns up to 120 nearby places with all the details you'd expect from Google Maps: name, category, rating, review count, address, phone, website, price level, coordinates, plus code, and distance from the centre point.

When to use this actor

This actor is purpose-built for point-radius queries. For large-area coverage, use Google Maps Area Scanner.

How it works

1. Picks a Google Maps zoom level appropriate for your radius (smaller radius → tighter zoom, more local results).
2. Opens a single /maps/search/<category>/@lat,lng,zoomz URL.
3. Scrolls the result feed to load up to your Max Results cap.
4. Visits each place page and extracts the full details.
5. Filters by minimum rating and "open now" (best-effort) if requested.
6. Adds a distanceFromCenter field to each record, computed from the input centre.

Input

Radius → Zoom level

Output

Each record:

{
"name":"Stumptown Coffee Roasters",
"categoryName":"Coffee shop",
"totalScore":4.5,
"reviewsCount":2891,
"address":"30 W 8th St, New York, NY 10011",
"phone":"(347) 414-7805",
"website":"https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/",
"priceLevel":"$$",
"placeId":"0x89c25:0x70fba2…",
"plusCode":"PXR4+QM New York",
"location":{"lat":40.7325,"lng":-73.9974},
"distanceFromCenter":"1.8 km",
"distanceFromCenterMeters":1843,
"googleMapsUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/place/…",
"scrapedAt":"2026-06-16T12:34:56+00:00"
}

Empty fields are omitted, never returned as null.

FAQ

How many places can I get per run? Up to 120 - that's the cap Google Maps enforces on a single search. For larger coverage, switch to Google Maps Area Scanner.

Do I need a proxy? No. Google Maps generally serves results to datacenter IPs without challenge. The proxyConfiguration input is left blank by default and only needed if you start seeing blocks on heavy use.

Why is the zoom level tied to my radius? Google Maps biases search results toward the visible map area at the chosen zoom. A tight zoom (17) over a 5 km radius would miss everything far from centre; a loose zoom (13) over 0.3 km would pull in too many irrelevant distant places. The mapping in the table above is the sweet spot.

Does openNow always work? It's best-effort. Google Maps shows "Open" / "Closed" / "Opens at X" on most place pages, but not all. When we can't read the state we keep the place (rather than silently dropping it).

Why are some fields missing on some records? Not every business on Google Maps has a phone number, website, price level, or plus code. We omit empty fields rather than emitting null, so the output JSON stays clean.

How accurate is distanceFromCenter? It's computed with the haversine formula from your input centre to the place's extracted lat/lng - accurate to a few metres for typical urban queries.

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