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I am having a similar problem. Triggering the geocoder via javascript as in examples such as:

  $("#examples a").click(function(){
    $("input[name=geo_autocomplete]").val($(this).text()).trigger("geocode");
    return false;
  });

returns a limited result set compared to selecting the same location manually. For example, the "name" attribute is occasionally populated, when when triggered via js.

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I did some experiments on this. When a location is selected from the autocomplete list, request sent to the geocoding service is a PlaceService.GetPlaceDetails request with the location's ID. This returns the full result set. When geocoding is triggered via javascript giving a place name, even if the name is an exact match to the full name, the generated request is a GeocodeService.Search request, which returns a subset of the GetPlaceDetails request.

Apparently, the autocomplete drop-down has the ID of the location and builds the request based on that. But, as far as I can see, that ID is not provided in the results of a GeocodeService.Search request. So, making a search query, getting the id, and making another getDetails query won't seem to work neither.

Any suggestions?

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@omat - thanks for figuring this out. I've been trying desperately to parse the extra place details that are retained only with the GetPlaceDetails request (specifically formatted_phone_number). Are you saying that these details are not retrieved only when trigger the geocoder via javascript? I can't seem to figure out how or where they are retrieved either way.

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to get all the details, GetPlaceDetails should be called with the place id. there may be a way to query the geocoding service with name and retrieve the ID and then make the GetPlaceDetails request, i am not sure. otherwise, with the place name, you would do a GeocodeService.Search request and get a limited result about a place. at the time i was working on that, the id was not provided. it is probably still the same. good luck, and i'd appreciate if you share any updates on that.

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The following solution may help. you can refer to this link for further details.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27865483/google-maps-api-autocomplete-search-without-selecting-from-dropdown

var _this = this.input;
google.maps.event.addDomListener(_this,'keydown',function(e){
console.log(e.triggered)
if(e.keyCode===13 && !e.triggered){
google.maps.event.trigger(_this,'keydown',{keyCode:40})
google.maps.event.trigger(_this,'keydown',{keyCode:13,triggered:true})
}
});

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