title: Google Places API vs AJAX Search API and Local Search Control
body: <p>I've started developing a small app which main goal is to draw a map using Google Maps API (v3), and to show business in the area drawn (bars, restaurants and so on).</p>
  
  <p>I found the Google Places API that was supposed to be released this month but it hasn't been. As far as I know the point of that API is to offer results from the Google's database of business, so later we could put those business in the map.</p>
  
  <p>However now I've found <a href="http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/localsearch/places.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this sample</a> which is using the AJAX Search API and Local Search Control for Google Maps to do the same thing.</p>
  
  <p>So the question is, what is the point of the new Google Places API?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance! </p>