Extracting Google Maps Place Data (specifically gas prices)

Question

I am developing an android app that will take in a fuel range of a vehicle and create a google map of the available gas stations in the area of that fuel range. I can currently get the place data from the Google Nearby Place Search function to get all the nearby gas stations within a radius but it doesn't seem to have any of the gas price data, similar to what you find when you search google maps from your computer and select a gas station icon. I want to be able to display the prices with the markers so the user can find the cheapest gas station easier.

Can anyone tell me where I can find this gas price data within the google maps place details?

Is this information a premium data feature or does it just require some more digging into the individual places?

Galore

Did you ever figure this out? I'm also looking how to get this info from google. – Cousingerman

Answer 1

Gas price data is not currently available via any Google Maps APIs, there's no supported way to grab this in a programmatic fashion. Feel free to file a feature request for the Places API following these instructions.

Strabismus

Answer 2

There you go.

Price Discovery Every day OPIS captures station-specific retail gasoline and diesel prices for up to 130,000 service stations throughout the United States. Through exclusive relationships with credit card companies, direct feeds and other survey methods, OPIS is able to provide the most comprehensive and accurate pump prices in the industry.

The OPIS retail data is relied on by some of the top companies in the country to provide consumers with the most accurate and timely information available including AAA, Microsoft, Mapquest, America Online, Garmin, Verizon, Sprint and many more.

http://blumenthals.com/blog/2017/02/03/how-do-daily-gas-prices-stay-accurate-in-google-maps-elsewhere/

Bundy