Introduction to the geolocation & Apple's maps API
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It's a short presentation (which can be treated as an introduction to the topic) about geolocation and Apple's maps API.
![Location Service Constraint
always check availability of the service
([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled])
also take a look at authorization status
([CLLocationManager authorizationStatus])
if app requires retrieving location add
UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key to Info.plist
(value location-services and/or gps)
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Introduction to the geolocation & Apple's maps API
- 1. Introduction to Geolocation & Apples Maps API Julian Kr坦l iOS Software Engineer @ MiQUiDO !1
- 2. Geolocation How to locate user with the Apples device? !2
- 3. @import CoreLocation location basis Standard Locating vs Signi鍖cant change location service accuracy vs performance constraints !3
- 6. Location Service Constraint always check availability of the service ([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled]) also take a look at authorization status ([CLLocationManager authorizationStatus]) if app requires retrieving location add UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key to Info.plist (value location-services and/or gps) !6
- 7. The Signi鍖cant-Change Location Service low power way of tracking location changes requires built-in cellular radio availability starts from iOS 4 !7
- 8. Region Monitoring you can not monitor in鍖nite number of regions number of monitored regions is limited for the app to 20 noti鍖cations on enter and exit region margin distance before notifying about entering/ exiting a region !8
- 9. Time for code show Code for this presentation is available on GitHub: https://github.com/JulianKrol/maps_presentation !9
- 10. Enough! Move one Maps API! !10
- 11. @import MapKit Add map view to your app and check this out: mapView.showsUserLocation = YES; !11
- 12. MKAnnotation protocol coordinate (required) title (optional) subtitle (optional) !12
- 13. Almighty MKOverlayRenderer draws a visual effect of an overlay it contain (id<MKOverlay>) subclasses overrides drawMapRect:zoomScale:inContext: has a few subclasses (MKTileOverlayRenderer, MKOverlayPathRenderer > three more) !13
- 14. Lets travel a bit !14
- 15. More info about Maps https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/ documentation/userexperience/conceptual/ LocationAwarenessPG/MapKit/MapKit.html https://www.captechconsulting.com/blog/ericstroh/ios-7-tutorial-series-map-kit https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/ documentation/userexperience/conceptual/ LocationAwarenessPG/AnnotatingMaps/ AnnotatingMaps.html !15
- 16. For even more involved Google Maps for iOS https://developers.google.com/maps/ documentation/ios/ MapQuest http://developer.mapquest.com Spatial database (example) http://postgis.net !16
- 17. Questions? !17