What is the `sensor` parameter for in the Google Places API?

Question

The Google Places API requests have a sensor parameter? How does this parameter affect the results?

Answer 1

The Google Maps docs have been updated and as of June 2014 and the &sensor parameter is no longer required for JavaScript or Web Service API calls. The parameter will now be ignored if passed along with any request.

docs - https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial