[melky]

наверно хорошая была API, но судя по нотации она умерла 29 сентября 2014-го
НО пинок в нужную сторону получил и нашел что я не одинок в своих поисках.

Deprecation. If Google in its discretion chooses to cease providing the current version of the Service, whether through discontinuation of the Service or by upgrading the Service to a newer version, the current version of the Service will be deprecated and become a "Deprecated Version" of the Service. Google will issue an announcement if the current version of the Service will be deprecated. For a period of three years after an announcement (the "Deprecation Period"), Google will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to operate the Deprecated Version of the Service and to respond to problems with the Deprecated Version of the Service deemed by Google in its discretion to be critical. During the Deprecation Period, no new features will be added to the Deprecated Version of the Service.

можно ж еще пару лет пользоваться, нет?