Querying Similar Places

Get a list of nearby places with similar names.

Entity: Geo

Type: GeoType.SimilarPlaces

Parameters/Filters:

Name	Purpose	Type	Required
Attribute	Name/value pair separated by “=” (i.e. “street_address=123 4th Street”)	string	no
ContainedWithin	PlaceID to restrict results to	string	no
Lat	Latitude to search	dec	yes
Long	Longitude to search	dec	yes
Name	Place name	string	yes

Example:

            var geoResponse =
                await
                (from g in twitterCtx.Geo
                 where g.Type == GeoType.SimilarPlaces &&
                       g.Latitude == 37.78215 &&
                       g.Longitude == -122.40060 &&
                       g.PlaceName == "Twitter HQ"
                 select g)
                .SingleOrDefaultAsync();

            if (geoResponse != null && geoResponse.Places != null)
                geoResponse.Places.ForEach(place =>
                    Console.WriteLine(
                        "Name: {0}, Country: {1}, Type: {2}",
                        place.Name, place.Country, place.PlaceType));

Twitter API: geo/similar_places