If it exists then it must be valid and therefore deliverable. The idea starts with the simple argument that if an address can be found in Google Maps then it must exist. Now before I explain why, let’s first acknowledge why someone would think Google Maps can be used to validate addresses in the first place. Do these changes mean that Google Maps and its Geocoding API can finally be used as an address validation service? Until recently the Geocoding API functioned similarly to Places in that it also accepted incomplete and ambiguous queries to explore locations, but now it is focusing more on returning better geocoding matches for complete and unambiguous postal addresses. The Places API was introduced in March 2015 as a way for users to search for places in general and not just addresses. In November of 2016, Google started rolling out updates to more clearly distinguish their Geocoding and Places APIs, both of which are a part of the Google Maps API suite.
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