Issues with Places API

[startled hippo]

Hi,

My application displays point of interest based on several categories near a user's location. I'm using places API but it seems like either my code is broken or the Google Places API's POI database is not in sync with Google Map's database (LocalSearch?).

My location is Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. 

When I search for "stores" using this as a starting location in Google Maps, I get a whole lot of results. However, when I search for the same type using the Places API, I get a NO_RESULTS. I always get status message irrespective of what I search, while the Local Search API returns the correct results. 

I thought of using the Local Search API, but Google's documentation says its "Deprecated". Not sure what is going on here. Or Am I using the wrong service to look for POIs?

see for yourself https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=-26.1074409,28.0650196&radius=10000&types=store&sensor=false&key=AIzaSyA_ttFsl74pH4MZy5h4OTNjZbhOTMi30lU

[@neavilag (Norman)]

is maybe your REST call with a bad parameter ??  type=10000

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=-26.1074409,28.0650196&radius=10000&type=store&sensor=false&key=AIzaSyA_ttFsl74pH4MZy5h4OTNjZbhOTMi30lU

[Chris Broadfoot]

Please direct your query to the web services group:

http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-web-services/

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[startled hippo]

Thank you for your respose.
I tried with a type code and it seems to be working. Seems like a bug in the documentation then? Where can I find the codes for categories? Or a I missing something again?

I read http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/#PlaceSearchRequests , which doesn't use any codes for places types and supported places types http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/supported_types.html

Even the example in the above place documentation page uses a type called 'food'.

Can you please guide me to the right documentation?