javascript - Can't remove map part of function

Question

I have some code heavily borrowed from Google's examples. All I'm using is the Google Places results part of this code, so I'd like to remove the map part out. So, when I do, it throws an error of Cannot read property 'innerHTML' of undefined, since I'm guessing it's needed for the var service function.

Any help removing this area of code?

var map;
var infowindow;

// Create Google Map with location at center

function initMap(latitude, longitude) {
  var location = {lat: latitude, lng: longitude};
  console.log(location);

  // REMOVE THIS SECTION
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
    center: location,
    zoom: 15
  });
  // ^^ REMOVE THIS SECTION

  var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
  service.nearbySearch({
    location: location,
    radius: 3200,
    types: ['school']
  }, callback);
}

// List nearby places

function callback(results, status) {
  if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
    for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
      listPlaces(results[i]);
    }
  }
}

Answer 1

Well, it's called "Googgle Maps API" for a reason :-)

In addition, you can hide the map, but the terms of service are including a requirement to show the "powered by Google" logo somewhere on your page.