title: Google Places API's search results with huge viewports
body: <p>I have been trying out Google's new Places API. It's "Places Search" returns a list of places close to the latitude/longitude you provide. Each of the results has its actual lat/lang, and some also have "viewports", which are supposed to be the bounding boxes of larger places like stadiums and malls. However, inspecting the viewports on the map, they are way too big. For example, here is a query (it won't work because it doesn't have a real key):</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=47.5932,-122.3318&amp;radius=300&amp;sensor=false&amp;key=FOO" rel="nofollow">https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=47.5932,-122.3318&amp;radius=300&amp;sensor=false&amp;key=FOO</a></p>
  
  <p>Here is part of the result JSON:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "status": "OK",
    "results": [ {
      "name": "Qwest Field",
      "vicinity": "Occidental Ave S, Seattle",
      "types": [ "stadium", "establishment" ],
      "geometry": {
        "location": {
          "lat": 47.5959329,
          "lng": -122.3317095
        },
        "viewport": {
          "southwest": {
            "lat": 47.5884079,
            "lng": -122.3477169
          },
          "northeast": {
            "lat": 47.6034568,
            "lng": -122.3157021
          }
        }
      },
      "icon": "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/stadium-71.png",
      "reference": "CnRrAAAAwM6Pr_ER4VDFNlwg4_JrMxG9FGaqAXokpQXGot9OqzylWRX_NIPsptuMoIeHej9GUDp5otUTQifL-kyP5l0AM5u93PTV22U7-Xz-y_dHuWAjetviEBlo24JIGgWcnuExlE1FBh2FKkNzCdpyUdv7PRIQodCSeacFJtrl8ZkZ1wvfvxoUFCIvCrbknO6tEl3EewS1wrjl06M",
      "id": "d4fd94323d3f462730123ac2c5eb91d0180bb819"
    },
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If you look at the lat/langs for the two corners, they are way apart. </p>
  
  <p>I tried a few other places and they all had this problem. Has anybody noticed the same issue?</p>