title: Google Maps Places API - Autocomplete city suggestions, same city, different place_ids?
body: <p>I'm creating a web application with a city autocomplete suggestion field using the Google Maps Place API. Once a city is selected I capture the <em>place_id</em> and write it to my database attached to my object.</p>
  
  <p>Currently the Google Maps Places API is returning different place_id's for the same city suggestion when searched from a different location? </p>
  
  <p>The following query returns a different place_id for the result <strong>'Brisbane, Queensland, Australia'</strong> depending on where it's searched from.</p>
  
  <p>QUERY → <a href="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=Brisbane&amp;types=(cities)&amp;key=AIzaSyBylZrzm8TS-jfEcBgyY9Um15NCDADLt44" rel="nofollow">https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=Brisbane&amp;types=(cities)&amp;key=AIzaSyBylZrzm8TS-jfEcBgyY9Um15NCDADLt44</a></p>
  
  <p>Searched from Brisbane: place_id = ChIJuyD2XARakWsRwITe81qjAgU</p>
  
  <p>Searched from Melbourne: place_id = ChIJM9KTrJpXkWsRQK_e81qjAgQ</p>
  
  <p>Similar, but different :(</p>
  
  <p>I thought specifying the <em>types</em> parameter as '<em>(cities)</em>' would keep all results consistent.</p>
  
  <p>Is there another parameter or change to the query that will make it bulletproof?</p>