Getting an intersection with Google Places/Geocoding API

Question

I\'m trying to find the two closest streets to a point with the Google Places API (basically to indicate the closest intersection). However, any result will only ever return

Answer 1

Google Maps API doesn't support this. It is an address geocoder only. The best you can do with Google Maps API is user their directions service to find where the first turn is, but that's a total hack. You might want to try looking into other maps services that can offer this ability.