provide rankby and secure parameter to the place API call + validate …

…argument a little bit better

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log

lib/googlemaps.js

@@ -47,19 +47,41 @@ exports.config = config = function(key, value) {
 };
 
 // http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/
-exports.places = function(latlng, radius, key, callback, sensor, types, lang, name) {
+exports.places = function(latlng, radius, key, callback, sensor, types, lang, name, rankby, secure) {
+
   var args = {
     location: latlng,
-    radius: radius,
     key: key
   };
-  if (types) args.types = types;
-  if (lang) args.lang = lang;
-  if (name) args.name = name;
+
+  if (typeof rankby !== "undefined" && rankby !== null) {
+    args.rankby = rankby;
+  } else {
+    if (typeof radius !== "undefined" && radius !== null) {
+      args.radius = radius;
+    }
+  }
+
+  secure = secure || true
+  if (!(secure in [true, false])) {
+    secure = true;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof types !== "undefined" && types !== null) {
+    args.types = types;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof lang !== "undefined" && lang !== null) {
+    args.lang = lang;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof name !== "undefined" && name !== null) {
+    args.name = name;
+  }
+
   args.sensor = sensor || 'false';
 
-  var path = '/maps/api/place/search/json';
-  return makeRequest(path, args, true, returnObjectFromJSON(callback));
+  return makeRequest('/maps/api/place/search/json', args, secure, returnObjectFromJSON(callback));
 };
 
 exports.placeDetails = function(referenceId, key, callback, sensor, lang) {