Accessing Google Map Listing From GData

Question

Im trying to create a "search nearby" shops on iphone, but i can not find any solution on how to get the data from Gdata Libraries.

http://code.google.com/p/gdata-objectivec-client/

They only support the following Google services provides a Google data API, but not google maps?!

Google Base Blogger Book Search Calendar Code Search Contacts Documents List Finance Health Picasa Web Albums Spreadsheets Webmaster Tools YouTube

Any solution or idea where i should look for would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

As far as I know, the only way to do this is to use the KML output format from a standard Google search:

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=italian%20category:restaurants&sll=-37.816518,144.890628&sspn=0.007247,0.012424&ie=UTF8&z=12&output=kml

Although you should check Google's terms and conditions to see if you're allowed to use that as an API.