Using Google nearby in your app will allow users to see stores, hotels, restaurants, banks, etc in their neighborhood. Creating your own design displaying the information creates a great way to present your town or country.


Using Google Nearby


  • Select the web service block
  • Select Google Places
  • Select Nearby Search
  • Enter the desired categories and range (leave the Location for now)
  • Select Results

  • Name your app and hit Finish
  • Select the created block
  • Click the three dots at dataprovider
  • Goto input paramters and change the position using the GPS location of the device
  • Change the Detail block to create your own design.


Types overview


  • accounting
  • airport
  • amusement_park
  • aquarium
  • art_gallery
  • atm
  • bakery
  • bank
  • bar
  • beauty_salon
  • bicycle_store
  • book_store
  • bowling_alley
  • bus_station
  • cafe
  • campground
  • car_dealer
  • car_rental
  • car_repair
  • car_wash
  • casino
  • cemetery
  • church
  • city_hall
  • clothing_store
  • convenience_store
  • courthouse
  • dentist
  • department_store
  • doctor
  • electrician
  • electronics_store


  • embassy
  • establishment
  • finance
  • fire_station
  • florist
  • food
  • funeral_home
  • furniture_store
  • gas_station
  • general_contractor
  • grocery_or_supermarket
  • gym
  • hair_care
  • hardware_store
  • health
  • hindu_temple
  • home_goods_store
  • hospital
  • insurance_agency
  • jewelry_store
  • laundry
  • lawyer
  • library
  • liquor_store
  • local_government_office
  • locksmith
  • lodging
  • meal_delivery
  • meal_takeaway
  • mosque
  • movie_rental
  • movie_theater


  • moving_company
  • museum
  • night_club
  • painter
  • park
  • parking
  • pet_store
  • pharmacy
  • physiotherapist
  • place_of_worship
  • plumber
  • police
  • post_office
  • real_estate_agency
  • restaurant
  • roofing_contractor
  • rv_park
  • school
  • shoe_store
  • shopping_mall
  • spa
  • stadium
  • storage
  • store
  • subway_station
  • synagogue
  • taxi_stand
  • train_station
  • travel_agency
  • university
  • veterinary_care
  • zoo