One of my biggest commencement basis problems is never beingness able to notice an opened upward cafe tardily at night. After going out for a repast or visiting a pub inwards the flush I frequently experience similar a decent loving cup of java earlier heading home. However for some argue inwards London most cafes unopen betwixt 6-9 pm. This makes it real hard to notice a expert loving cup of java tardily at night.
When the Google Places API was released I created a petty personal app, to assistance me notice cafes unopen to my location that were currently open. When I part my location on my Places app I tin stance all the nearby opened upward cafes on a Google Map. It is in all likelihood the most used app on my phone.
Over the years I've wondered almost adding other options, for event to notice bars nearby which are currently open. However I've never actually felt the take away for these other options in addition to because the application has alone 1 user (me) I've never bothered developing it further.
If y'all alive inwards the USA, Australia, Republic of Ireland or the Great Britain so y'all bring no take away to laid upward your ain application. Instead y'all tin role Localmint. Localmint is an application to notice the opening hours in addition to identify details of nearby businesses. Enter a search term (e.g. 'coffee') in addition to an address into Localmint in addition to y'all tin stance a Google Map showing all the nearby local businesses.
All the results are plotted on a Google Map in addition to likewise listed inwards the map sidebar. The sidebar results exhibit the opening-hours for each concern in addition to y'all tin likewise pick out a business' marking to stance the hours that it is open.
If y'all are interested inwards edifice your ain opening hours application it is real slowly to practise using the Google Maps API. You tin role this Google Maps documentation Geolocation demo to larn the user's electrical flow location. You tin so role the returned location alongside the Google Places API.
The Places API allows y'all to furnish alone places which are currently opened upward ('openNow: true'). Using this selection it possible thus to create a uncomplicated application which alone shows businesses nearby which are currently open.
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