title: How to use Google Maps to search my own location data (Same functionality as Places search API, but for my own "places")
body: <p>See related question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3386841/google-maps-custom-local-search-search-control">google maps custom local search / search control</a></p>
  
  <p>I know I can create <strong>Custom Locations</strong> and Information Windows in a Google Map
  e.g. <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#info_windows_sharing_v3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#info_windows_sharing_v3</a></p>
  
  <p>And I understand that <strong>Local Search</strong> can find near-by places (public ones)<br>
  e.g. <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#localsearch_with_markers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/#localsearch_with_markers</a></p>
  
  <p>However my question is simple: how do I combine both? 
  How do I enable the same as the local/places search functionality but only on custom marker locations (e.g. my own location data rather than Google's places/local data)?</p>
  
  <p>For example, if I have a set of custom location data/markers (not published to Google Places), how to allow the user to find a list of near by custom places relative to an address or his/her current location?</p>