Zooming in WKInterfaceMap with a slider (WKInterfaceSlider) - ios

I have a slider on my map and I am trying to zoom in via the slider. Below is the code that I am using and when the + or - is hit the map just shows blue(water)
- (IBAction)sliderAction:(float)value {
RestaurantObject *restaurant = [nearbyMapArray objectAtIndex:0];
CLLocationCoordinate2D mapLocation = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake([restaurant.latitude doubleValue]*value, [restaurant.longitude doubleValue]*value);
MKCoordinateSpan coordinateSpan = MKCoordinateSpanMake(1, 1);
[self.map setRegion:(MKCoordinateRegionMake(mapLocation, coordinateSpan))];
}

You are probably passing values of latitude and longitude in wrong place.
try this , should work
- (IBAction)sliderAction:(UISlider*)slider
{
CGFloat value = slider.value; // slider.maximumValue - slider.value // if you want reverse effect
CGFloat sliderMax = slider.maximumValue;
CGFloat zoom = value / sliderMax;
RestaurantObject *restaurant = [nearbyMapArray objectAtIndex:0];
CLLocationCoordinate2D mapLocation = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake([restaurant.latitude doubleValue], [restaurant.longitude doubleValue]);
MKCoordinateSpan coordinateSpan = MKCoordinateSpanMake(1*zoom, 1*zoom);
[self.map setRegion:(MKCoordinateRegionMake(mapLocation, coordinateSpan))];
}

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MKMapRectMake how to zoom out after setup

I use MKMapRectMake to mark north east and south west to display a region. Here's how I do that:
routeRect = MKMapRectMake(southWestPoint.x, southWestPoint.y, northEastPoint.x - southWestPoint.x, northEastPoint.y - southWestPoint.y);
[self.mapView setVisibleMapRect:routeRect];
After I set up this display region, how can I zoom out the map a little? What is the best way to do this?
UPDATE
This is code that I use to get rect for setVisibleMapRect function:
for(Path* p in ar)
{
self.routeLine = nil;
self.routeLineView = nil;
// while we create the route points, we will also be calculating the bounding box of our route
// so we can easily zoom in on it.
MKMapPoint northEastPoint;
MKMapPoint southWestPoint;
// create a c array of points.
MKMapPoint* pointArr = malloc(sizeof(CLLocationCoordinate2D) * ar.count);
for(int idx = 0; idx < ar.count; idx++)
{
Path *m_p = [ar objectAtIndex:idx];
[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:#","]];
CLLocationDegrees latitude = m_p.Latitude;
CLLocationDegrees longitude = m_p.Longitude;
// create our coordinate and add it to the correct spot in the array
CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(latitude, longitude);
MKMapPoint point = MKMapPointForCoordinate(coordinate);
// adjust the bounding box
// if it is the first point, just use them, since we have nothing to compare to yet.
if (idx == 0) {
northEastPoint = point;
southWestPoint = point;
}
else
{
if (point.x > northEastPoint.x)
northEastPoint.x = point.x;
if(point.y > northEastPoint.y)
northEastPoint.y = point.y;
if (point.x < southWestPoint.x)
southWestPoint.x = point.x;
if (point.y < southWestPoint.y)
southWestPoint.y = point.y;
}
pointArr[idx] = point;
}
// create the polyline based on the array of points.
self.routeLine = [MKPolyline polylineWithPoints:pointArr count:ar.count];
_routeRect = MKMapRectMake(southWestPoint.x, southWestPoint.y, northEastPoint.x - southWestPoint.x, northEastPoint.y - southWestPoint.y);
// clear the memory allocated earlier for the points
free(pointArr);
[self.mapView removeOverlays: self.mapView.overlays];
// add the overlay to the map
if (nil != self.routeLine) {
[self.mapView addOverlay:self.routeLine];
}
// zoom in on the route.
[self zoomInOnRoute];
}
Try this: (Edit)
MKCoordinateRegion region;
MKCoordinateSpan span;
span.latitudeDelta = 0.01;
span.longitudeDelta = 0.01;
CLLocationCoordinate2D zoomLocation = newLocation.coordinate;
region.center = zoomLocation;
region.span = span;
region = [mapViewObject regionThatFits:region];
[mapViewObject setRegion:region animated:NO];
You can use this custom function to center the Map around two points
- (void)centerMapAroundSourceAndDestination
{
MKMapRect rect = MKMapRectNull;
MKMapPoint sourcePoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(southWestPoint);
rect = MKMapRectUnion(rect, MKMapRectMake(sourcePoint.x, sourcePoint.y, 0, 0));
MKMapPoint destinationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(_northEastPoint);
rect= MKMapRectUnion(rect, MKMapRectMake(destinationPoint.x, destinationPoint.y, 0, 0));
MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(rect);
[_mapView setRegion:region animated:YES];
}
So in that case you need to find Centroid of a polygon and then pass that centroid values to this method so it would zoom to center of polygon i.e Centroid.
- (void)zoomMapView:(MKMapView *)mapview withLatitude:(Float32 )latitude andLongitude:(Float32 )longitude {
MKCoordinateRegion region;
region.span.latitudeDelta =0.005; //Change values to zoom. lower the value to zoom in and vice-versa
region.span.longitudeDelta = 0.009;//Change values to zoom. lower the value to zoom in and vice-versa
CLLocationCoordinate2D location;
location.latitude = latitude; // Add your Current Latitude here.
location.longitude = longitude; // Add your Current Longitude here.
region.center = location;
[mapview setRegion:region];
}
To use this method you need to pass three thing mapView, latitude and longitude i.e Position where to zoom.
how can I zoom out the map a little?
Unfortunatley MkMapView setRegion behaves so strange that this does not work on iPhone. (ios 6.1.3)
It works on iPad (ios 6.1.3)
setRegion and setVisibleMapRect
both changes the zoom factor only by steps of two. So you cannot programmatically zoom out by e.g 10%. Although Apple maps are vector based, they still snap the next higher zoom level that (would) fit the map tile pixels 1:1. Maybe to be compatible to map satellite display mode, which uses prerendered bitmaps.
Although bot methods should only correct the aspect ratio if you provided one of the lat/lon spans not perfectly, they additonally snap to said zoom levels.
Try it out: display map, then on button press: get the current region, make the longitude span 10% bigger (factor 1.1), set the region, then read it back, you will see on iphone simu and on iphone4 device the longitude span is now double the size, instead of factor 1.1.
Till today there exists no good solution.
Shame on you Apple.

How to setRegion with google maps sdk for iOS?

How to setRegion with google maps sdk for iOS?
I want set zoom for location and radius of markers.
UPDATE:
The original answer below is obsolete as of version 1.2 of the SDK - you can now use the fitBounds: method of the GMSCameraUpdate class:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios/reference/interface_g_m_s_camera_update
Original answer:
The MKMapPoint type in MapKit defines a 2D projection of a map. Although the actual values of the projection are meant to be opaque, they turn out to be equivalent to pixels at zoom level 20. This can be used to convert lat/lon values to pixels, and therefore a scale, and therefore a zoom level.
Start by defining two locations which specify the bounds of the region you want to display. These could be opposite corners of the bounding box, or just two locations, for example:
CLLocationCoordinate2D location1 =
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-33.8683, 151.2086); // Sydney
CLLocationCoordinate2D location2 =
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-31.9554, 115.8585); // Perth
If you have more than two points that you want to include, you could calculate the bounds of them yourself. This can also be done using GMSCoordinateBounds, for example:
GMSCoordinateBounds* bounds =
[[GMSCoordinateBounds alloc]
initWithCoordinate: CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-33.8683, 151.2086) // Sydney
andCoordinate: CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-31.9554, 115.8585)]; // Perth
bounds = [bounds including:
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-12.4667, 130.8333)]; // Darwin
CLLocationCoordinate2D location1 = bounds.southWest;
CLLocationCoordinate2D location2 = bounds.northEast;
Next, you need to get the size of the map view in points. You could use this:
float mapViewWidth = _mapView.frame.size.width;
float mapViewHeight = _mapView.frame.size.height;
But that will only work if you've already created the map view. Also, if you're using the sample code in the getting started guide, the frame is set to CGRectZero, as the actual size will be set later to fill the screen. In these cases if you're creating a full-screen map then you might want something like this:
float mapViewWidth = [UIScreen mainScreen].applicationFrame.size.width;
float mapViewHeight = [UIScreen mainScreen].applicationFrame.size.height;
Otherwise, use the size which you're creating your map view with.
Now you have the info necessary to calculate the camera position:
MKMapPoint point1 = MKMapPointForCoordinate(location1);
MKMapPoint point2 = MKMapPointForCoordinate(location2);
MKMapPoint centrePoint = MKMapPointMake(
(point1.x + point2.x) / 2,
(point1.y + point2.y) / 2);
CLLocationCoordinate2D centreLocation = MKCoordinateForMapPoint(centrePoint);
double mapScaleWidth = mapViewWidth / fabs(point2.x - point1.x);
double mapScaleHeight = mapViewHeight / fabs(point2.y - point1.y);
double mapScale = MIN(mapScaleWidth, mapScaleHeight);
double zoomLevel = 20 + log2(mapScale);
GMSCameraPosition *camera = [GMSCameraPosition
cameraWithLatitude: centreLocation.latitude
longitude: centreLocation.longitude
zoom: zoomLevel];
You can then initialize the map view with this camera, or set the map view to this camera.
For this code to compile, you will need to add the MapKit framework to your project, and then also import it:
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
Note that this code doesn't handle wrap-around if your coordinates span across the date line. For example if you tried using this code with Tokyo and Hawaii, instead of displaying an area of the Pacific, it will try to display almost the entire world. In portrait mode it's not possible to zoom out far enough to see Hawaii on the left and Tokyo on the right, and so the map ends up centred on Africa with neither location visible. You could modify the above code to handle the wrap-around at the date line if you wanted to.
UPDATE
All issues were fixed in the latest version of Google maps (1.5). Standard method [mapView_ animateWithCameraUpdate:[GMSCameraUpdate fitBounds:bounds]]; can noow be used instead of the code below
ORIGINAL ANSWER
[GMSCameraUpdate fitBounds] does not give accurate results in my version of the SDK (1.2.0). I am using the code below instead of it. The formulae are taken from the Mercator Projection. The world is latitudonally bounded at 85 degrees as per Google Documentation.
#import <stdlib.h>
-(void) animateBoundsNorth:(CGFloat)north West:(CGFloat)west South:(CGFloat)south East:(CGFloat)east Padding:(int)padding {
CGFloat northRad = north * M_PI / 180.0;
CGFloat northProj = logf(tanf(M_PI_4 + northRad/2.0));
CGFloat southRad = south * M_PI / 180.0;
CGFloat southProj = logf(tanf(M_PI_4 + southRad/2.0));
CGFloat topRad = 85.0 * M_PI / 180.0;
CGFloat topProj = logf(tanf(M_PI_4 + topRad/2.0));
CGFloat zoomLat = log2f((mapView_.bounds.size.height - padding * 2) * 2 * topProj /(northProj - southProj)) - 8;
CGFloat zoomLon = log2f((mapView_.bounds.size.width - padding * 2) * 360/(east - west)) - 8;
GMSCameraUpdate *update = [GMSCameraUpdate setTarget:CLLocationCoordinate2DMake((north+south)/2.0, (west+east)/2.0) zoom:MIN(zoomLat, zoomLon)];
[mapView_ animateWithCameraUpdate:update];
}
Saxun Druce's answer is really good. But in addition, if you want to calculate a radius from any location you can do that with the following code:
CLLocationCoordinate2D center = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake([currentLocationLat doubleValue],[currentLocationLong doubleValue]);
float radius = 25*1000; //radius in meters (25km)
MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(center, radius*2, radius*2);
CLLocationCoordinate2D northEast = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(region.center.latitude - region.span.latitudeDelta/2, region.center.longitude - region.span.longitudeDelta/2);
CLLocationCoordinate2D southWest = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(region.center.latitude + region.span.latitudeDelta/2, region.center.longitude + region.span.longitudeDelta/2);
GMSCoordinateBounds* bounds = [[GMSCoordinateBounds alloc]
initWithCoordinate: northEast
andCoordinate: southWest];
If you have latitude and longitude of 'far-left' and 'near-right' corners of the google map ,you can display the data in swift using below code
var region:GMSVisibleRegion = GMSVisibleRegion()
region.nearLeft = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(nearleflat, nearleftlong)
region.farRight = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(fareastlat,fareastlong)
let bounds = GMSCoordinateBounds(coordinate: region.nearLeft,coordinate: region.farRight)
let camera = googleMapView.cameraForBounds(bounds, insets:UIEdgeInsetsZero)
googleMapView.camera = camera;
This link may also be helpful for related things.
I currently using this method.
self.markers is a dictionary with markers stored by a location ID, self.currentLocation is a CLLocation2D, and self.mapView is a GMSMapView.
The maths here is a check on whether to match the sizes on the width or the height, and then a calculation of the zoom based on the fact that x1 / pow(2, zoom1) = x2 / pow(2, zoom2)", leading to zoom2 = log2(x2 * pow(2, self.mapView.camera.zoom) / x1).
- (void)fitMarkers
{
if (2 > self.markers.count)
{
[self.mapView animateToCameraPosition:[GMSCameraPosition cameraWithTarget:self.currentLocation.coordinate zoom:kZoom]];
return;
}
NSArray* markers = self.markers.allValues;
GMSCoordinateBounds* markerBounds = [[GMSCoordinateBounds alloc] initWithCoordinate:((id<GMSMarker>)markers[0]).position andCoordinate:((id<GMSMarker>)markers[1]).position];
for (id<GMSMarker> marker in markers)
{
markerBounds = [markerBounds including:marker.position];
}
// get marker bounds in points
CGPoint markerBoundsTopLeft = [self.mapView.projection pointForCoordinate:CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(markerBounds.northEast.latitude, markerBounds.southWest.longitude)];
CGPoint markerBoundsBottomRight = [self.mapView.projection pointForCoordinate:CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(markerBounds.southWest.latitude, markerBounds.northEast.longitude)];
// get user location in points
CGPoint currentLocation = [self.mapView.projection pointForCoordinate:self.currentLocation.coordinate];
CGPoint markerBoundsCurrentLocationMaxDelta = CGPointMake(MAX(fabs(currentLocation.x - markerBoundsTopLeft.x), fabs(currentLocation.x - markerBoundsBottomRight.x)), MAX(fabs(currentLocation.y - markerBoundsTopLeft.y), fabs(currentLocation.y - markerBoundsBottomRight.y)));
// the marker bounds centered on self.currentLocation
CGSize centeredMarkerBoundsSize = CGSizeMake(2.0 * markerBoundsCurrentLocationMaxDelta.x, 2.0 * markerBoundsCurrentLocationMaxDelta.y);
// inset the view bounds to fit markers
CGSize insetViewBoundsSize = CGSizeMake(self.mapView.bounds.size.width - kMarkerSize / 2.0 - kMarkerMargin, self.mapView.bounds.size.height - kMarkerSize / 2.0 - kMarkerSize);
CGFloat x1;
CGFloat x2;
// decide which axis to calculate the zoom level with by comparing the width/height ratios
if (centeredMarkerBoundsSize.width / centeredMarkerBoundsSize.height > insetViewBoundsSize.width / insetViewBoundsSize.height)
{
x1 = centeredMarkerBoundsSize.width;
x2 = insetViewBoundsSize.width;
}
else
{
x1 = centeredMarkerBoundsSize.height;
x2 = insetViewBoundsSize.height;
}
CGFloat zoom = log2(x2 * pow(2, self.mapView.camera.zoom) / x1);
GMSCameraPosition* camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithTarget:self.currentLocation.coordinate zoom:zoom];
[self.mapView animateToCameraPosition:camera];
}
As per new release of GoogleMaps iOS sdk 1.9.2,
We can set up using Camera's position, zoom level, viewingAngle.
GMSCameraPosition* camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithLatitude:28.6100
longitude:77.2300
zoom:14.0
bearing:0
viewingAngle:0.00];
self.mapView = [GMSMapView mapWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 45, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height - 45) camera:camera];
mapView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
mapView.delegate = self;
mapView.myLocationEnabled = YES;
mapView.mapType = kGMSTypeTerrain;
mapView.settings.compassButton = YES;
mapView.settings.myLocationButton = YES;
[self.mapView setMinZoom:10 maxZoom:18];
GMSMarker* marker = [[GMSMarker alloc] init];
marker.position = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(28.6100, 77.2300);
marker.title = #"New Delhi";
marker.snippet = #"Capital Of India";
marker.map = self.mapView;
marker.appearAnimation = kGMSMarkerAnimationPop;
marker.icon = [GMSMarker markerImageWithColor:[UIColor grayColor]];
[self.view addSubview:self.mapView];
For Further reference see this PDF document.
you can also set minimum and maximum Zoom level as per your need:
[self.mapView setMinZoom:10 maxZoom:30];
Hope this solves the problem.
I searched through the header files of the framework and only found the interface that could be used for the following code which could be a start. The problem here is that i can not find any imports of GMSCoordinateBounds in one of the other headers so i can not find a way to display this region in GMSMapView.
GMSVisibleRegion region;
region.farLeft = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(farLeftLatitude, farLeftlongitude);
region.farRight = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(farRightlatitude, farRightlongitude);
GMSCoordinateBounds *bounds = [[GMSCoordinateBounds alloc] initWithRegion:region];
As of June 2014, this answer is the simplest way to iterate over a given array of markers and then set bounds accordingly.
// I have found this method that worked for me
func setMapZoomToRadius(lat:Double, lng:Double, var mile:Double)
{
let center = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(lat, lng)
let radius: Double = (mile ) * 621.371
let region = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(center, radius * 2.0, radius * 2.0)
let northEast = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(region.center.latitude - region.span.latitudeDelta, region.center.longitude - region.span.longitudeDelta)
let southWest = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(region.center.latitude + region.span.latitudeDelta, region.center.longitude + region.span.longitudeDelta)
print("\(region.center.longitude) \(region.span.longitudeDelta)")
let bounds = GMSCoordinateBounds(coordinate: southWest, coordinate: northEast)
let camera = googleMapView.cameraForBounds(bounds, insets:UIEdgeInsetsZero)
googleMapView.camera = camera;
}

MKCircle is not updating radius but it's translating

I've to draw an MKCicle into an MKMapView. Then I've to re-draw it when user, through a slider, change the radius. I remove it and I re-create it, re-adding it to the map.
But instead of do what I'm expecting, I see the MKCircle translating over the map, maintaining the same size.
Here's my code:
- (MKOverlayView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)map viewForOverlay:(id)overlay
{
MKOverlayView* overlayView = nil;
if(overlay == self.circle)
{
//if we have not yet created an overlay view for this overlay, create it now.
if(nil == self.circleView)
{
self.circleView = [[[MKCircleView alloc] initWithCircle:self.circle] autorelease];
self.circleView.fillColor = [UIColor blueColor];
self.circleView.strokeColor = [UIColor blueColor];
self.circleView.alpha = 50;
self.circleView.lineWidth = 2;
}
overlayView = self.circleView;
}
return overlayView;
}
-(void)drawPolygonWithLocation
{
[self.mapView removeOverlay: self.circle];
MKCoordinateRegion region;
region.center.latitude = self.geofenceLocation.latitude;
region.center.longitude = self.geofenceLocation.longitude;
region.span.latitudeDelta = 0.005;
region.span.longitudeDelta = 0.005;
MKCoordinateRegion adjustedRegion = [self.mapView regionThatFits: region];
[self.mapView setRegion:adjustedRegion animated:TRUE];
self.radius = (double)(slRadius.value);
NSLog(#"Raggio: %f", self.radius);
NSLog(#"Lat: %f, Lon: %f", region.center.latitude, region.center.longitude);
self.circle = [MKCircle circleWithCenterCoordinate:self.geofenceLocation.coordinate radius: self.radius];
NSLog(#"CIRCLE: radius %f Lat: %f, Lon: %f", self.circle.radius, self.circle.coordinate.latitude, self.circle.coordinate.longitude);
[self.mapView addOverlay:self.circle];
}
-(IBAction)updateRadius:(id)sender
{
[self drawPolygonWithLocation];
}
The NSLog is writing into the console right values, the center doesn't change and the radius changes according to the user input.
But, again, the MKCircle translates going on the north-west.
Thanks in advance,
Samuel Rabini
Fixed.
I just add
self.circleView = nil;
before the
[self.mapView addOverlay:self.circle];
in this way it works fine.
Samuel

Zooming MKMapView to fit annotation pins?

I am using MKMapView and have added a number of annotation pins to the map about a 5-10 kilometre area. When I run the application my map starts zoomed out to show the whole world, what is the best way to zoom the map so the pins fit the view?
EDIT:
My initial thinking would be to use MKCoordinateRegionMake and calculate the coordinate centre, longitudeDelta and latitudeDelta from my annotations. I am pretty sure this will work, but I just wanted to check I was not missing anything obvious.
Code added, BTW: FGLocation is an class that conforms to MKAnnotation, locationFake is an NSMutableArray of these objects. Comments are always welcome ....
- (MKCoordinateRegion)regionFromLocations {
CLLocationCoordinate2D upper = [[locationFake objectAtIndex:0] coordinate];
CLLocationCoordinate2D lower = [[locationFake objectAtIndex:0] coordinate];
// FIND LIMITS
for(FGLocation *eachLocation in locationFake) {
if([eachLocation coordinate].latitude > upper.latitude) upper.latitude = [eachLocation coordinate].latitude;
if([eachLocation coordinate].latitude < lower.latitude) lower.latitude = [eachLocation coordinate].latitude;
if([eachLocation coordinate].longitude > upper.longitude) upper.longitude = [eachLocation coordinate].longitude;
if([eachLocation coordinate].longitude < lower.longitude) lower.longitude = [eachLocation coordinate].longitude;
}
// FIND REGION
MKCoordinateSpan locationSpan;
locationSpan.latitudeDelta = upper.latitude - lower.latitude;
locationSpan.longitudeDelta = upper.longitude - lower.longitude;
CLLocationCoordinate2D locationCenter;
locationCenter.latitude = (upper.latitude + lower.latitude) / 2;
locationCenter.longitude = (upper.longitude + lower.longitude) / 2;
MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMake(locationCenter, locationSpan);
return region;
}
This is the one I found here that worked for me:
(EDIT: I have updated the solution using #Micah's suggestion to increase the pointRect by 0.1 to ensure the rect doesn't end up being infinitesimally small!)
MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectNull;
for (id <MKAnnotation> annotation in mapView.annotations)
{
MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate);
MKMapRect pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect);
}
[mapView setVisibleMapRect:zoomRect animated:YES];
You could also update this to include the userLocation pin by replacing the first line with:
MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(mapView.userLocation.coordinate);
MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
You've got it right.
Find your maximum and minimum latitudes and longitudes, apply some simple arithmetic, and use MKCoordinateRegionMake.
For iOS 7 and above, use showAnnotations:animated:, from MKMapView.h:
// Position the map such that the provided array of annotations are all visible to the fullest extent possible.
- (void)showAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated NS_AVAILABLE(10_9, 7_0);
Apple has added a new method for IOS 7 to simplify life a bit.
[mapView showAnnotations:yourAnnotationArray animated:YES];
You can easily pull from an array stored in the map view:
yourAnnotationArray = mapView.annotations;
and quickly adjust the camera too!
mapView.camera.altitude *= 1.4;
this won't work unless the user has iOS 7+ or OS X 10.9+ installed. check out custom animation here
I use this this code and works fine for me:
-(void)zoomToFitMapAnnotations:(MKMapView*)aMapView
{
if([aMapView.annotations count] == 0)
return;
CLLocationCoordinate2D topLeftCoord;
topLeftCoord.latitude = -90;
topLeftCoord.longitude = 180;
CLLocationCoordinate2D bottomRightCoord;
bottomRightCoord.latitude = 90;
bottomRightCoord.longitude = -180;
for(MapViewAnnotation *annotation in mapView.annotations)
{
topLeftCoord.longitude = fmin(topLeftCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude);
topLeftCoord.latitude = fmax(topLeftCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude);
bottomRightCoord.longitude = fmax(bottomRightCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude);
bottomRightCoord.latitude = fmin(bottomRightCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude);
}
MKCoordinateRegion region;
region.center.latitude = topLeftCoord.latitude - (topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 0.5;
region.center.longitude = topLeftCoord.longitude + (bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 0.5;
region.span.latitudeDelta = fabs(topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 1.1; // Add a little extra space on the sides
region.span.longitudeDelta = fabs(bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 1.1; // Add a little extra space on the sides
region = [aMapView regionThatFits:region];
[mapView setRegion:region animated:YES];
}
In Swift use
mapView.showAnnotations(annotationArray, animated: true)
In Objective c
[mapView showAnnotations:annotationArray animated:YES];
I created an extension to show all the annotations using some code from here and there in swift. This will not show all annotations if they can't be shown even at maximum zoom level.
import MapKit
extension MKMapView {
func fitAllAnnotations() {
var zoomRect = MKMapRectNull;
for annotation in annotations {
let annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate)
let pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect);
}
setVisibleMapRect(zoomRect, edgePadding: UIEdgeInsets(top: 50, left: 50, bottom: 50, right: 50), animated: true)
}
}
I have converted the answer by Rafael Moreira. The credit goes to him.
For those of you looking for the Swift version, here is the code:
func zoomToFitMapAnnotations(aMapView: MKMapView) {
guard aMapView.annotations.count > 0 else {
return
}
var topLeftCoord: CLLocationCoordinate2D = CLLocationCoordinate2D()
topLeftCoord.latitude = -90
topLeftCoord.longitude = 180
var bottomRightCoord: CLLocationCoordinate2D = CLLocationCoordinate2D()
bottomRightCoord.latitude = 90
bottomRightCoord.longitude = -180
for annotation: MKAnnotation in myMap.annotations as! [MKAnnotation]{
topLeftCoord.longitude = fmin(topLeftCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude)
topLeftCoord.latitude = fmax(topLeftCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude)
bottomRightCoord.longitude = fmax(bottomRightCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude)
bottomRightCoord.latitude = fmin(bottomRightCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude)
}
var region: MKCoordinateRegion = MKCoordinateRegion()
region.center.latitude = topLeftCoord.latitude - (topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 0.5
region.center.longitude = topLeftCoord.longitude + (bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 0.5
region.span.latitudeDelta = fabs(topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 1.4
region.span.longitudeDelta = fabs(bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 1.4
region = aMapView.regionThatFits(region)
myMap.setRegion(region, animated: true)
}
Swift 3 This is de correct way for fit all annotations in map.
func zoomMapaFitAnnotations() {
var zoomRect = MKMapRectNull
for annotation in mapview.annotations {
let annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate)
let pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0, 0)
if (MKMapRectIsNull(zoomRect)) {
zoomRect = pointRect
} else {
zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect)
}
}
self.mapview.setVisibleMapRect(zoomRect, edgePadding: UIEdgeInsetsMake(50, 50, 50, 50), animated: true)
}
#jowie's solution works great. One catch, if a map has only one annotation you'll end up with a fully zoomed out map. I added 0.1 to the rect make size to make sure setVisibleMapRect has something to zoom to.
MKMapRect pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
If your are looking for iOS 8 and above, the simplest way to do it is to set the var layoutMargins: UIEdgeInsets { get set } of your map view before calling func showAnnotations(annotations: [MKAnnotation], animated: Bool)
For instance (Swift 2.1):
#IBOutlet weak var map: MKMapView! {
didSet {
map.delegate = self
map.mapType = .Standard
map.pitchEnabled = false
map.rotateEnabled = false
map.scrollEnabled = true
map.zoomEnabled = true
}
}
// call 'updateView()' when viewWillAppear or whenever you set the map annotations
func updateView() {
map.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsets(top: 25, left: 25, bottom: 25, right: 25)
map.showAnnotations(map.annotations, animated: true)
}
Added this If loop within the for loop to exclude the users location pin from this method (required in my case, and maybe others)
if (![annotation isKindOfClass:[MKUserLocation class]] ) {
//Code Here...
}
For iOS 7 and above (Referring MKMapView.h) :
// Position the map such that the provided array of annotations are all visible to the fullest extent possible.
- (void)showAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated NS_AVAILABLE(10_9, 7_0);
remark from – Abhishek Bedi
You just call:
[yourMapView showAnnotations:#[yourAnnotation] animated:YES];
var zoomRect: MKMapRect = MKMapRect.null
for annotation in mapView.annotations {
let annotationPoint = MKMapPoint(annotation.coordinate)
let pointRect = MKMapRect(x: annotationPoint.x, y: annotationPoint.y, width: 0.1, height: 0.1)
zoomRect = zoomRect.union(pointRect)
}
mapView.setVisibleMapRect(zoomRect, animated: true)
// Edited for swift 5
In Swift
var zoomRect = MKMapRectNull;
for i in 0..<self.map.annotations.count {
let annotation: MKAnnotation = self.map.annotations[i]
let annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate);
let pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect);
}
self.map.setVisibleMapRect(zoomRect, animated: true)
Thanks to jowie I've updated my old category to more elegant solution. Sharing complete, almost copy&paste ready solution
MKMapView+AnnotationsRegion.h
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
#interface MKMapView (AnnotationsRegion)
-(void)updateRegionForCurrentAnnotationsAnimated:(BOOL)animated;
-(void)updateRegionForCurrentAnnotationsAnimated:(BOOL)animated edgePadding:(UIEdgeInsets)edgePadding;
-(void)updateRegionForAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated;
-(void)updateRegionForAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated edgePadding:(UIEdgeInsets)edgePadding;
#end
MKMapView+AnnotationsRegion.m
#import "MKMapView+AnnotationsRegion.h"
#implementation MKMapView (AnnotationsRegion)
-(void)updateRegionForCurrentAnnotationsAnimated:(BOOL)animated{
[self updateRegionForCurrentAnnotationsAnimated:animated edgePadding:UIEdgeInsetsZero];
}
-(void)updateRegionForCurrentAnnotationsAnimated:(BOOL)animated edgePadding:(UIEdgeInsets)edgePadding{
[self updateRegionForAnnotations:self.annotations animated:animated edgePadding:edgePadding];
}
-(void)updateRegionForAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated{
[self updateRegionForAnnotations:annotations animated:animated edgePadding:UIEdgeInsetsZero];
}
-(void)updateRegionForAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated edgePadding:(UIEdgeInsets)edgePadding{
MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectNull;
for(id<MKAnnotation> annotation in annotations){
MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate);
MKMapRect pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect);
}
[self setVisibleMapRect:zoomRect edgePadding:edgePadding animated:animated];
}
#end
Hope it helps someone and thanks again jowie!
- (void)zoomMapViewToFitAnnotationsWithExtraZoomToAdjust:(double)extraZoom
{
if ([self.annotations count] == 0) return;
int i = 0;
MKMapPoint points[[self.annotations count]];
for (id<MKAnnotation> annotation in [self annotations])
{
points[i++] = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate);
}
MKPolygon *poly = [MKPolygon polygonWithPoints:points count:i];
MKCoordinateRegion r = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect([poly boundingMapRect]);
r.span.latitudeDelta += extraZoom;
r.span.longitudeDelta += extraZoom;
[self setRegion: r animated:YES];
}
As Abhishek Bedi points out in a comment, For iOS7 forward the best way to do this is:
//from API docs:
//- (void)showAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated NS_AVAILABLE(10_9, 7_0);
[self.mapView showAnnotations:self.mapView.annotations animated:YES];
For my personal project (prior to iOS7) I simply added a category on the MKMapView class to encapsulate the "visible area" functionality for a very common operation: setting it to be able to see all the currently-loaded annotations on the MKMapView instance (this includes as many pins as you might have placed, as well as the user's location). the result was this:
.h file
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
#interface MKMapView (Extensions)
-(void)ij_setVisibleRectToFitAllLoadedAnnotationsAnimated:(BOOL)animated;
-(void)ij_setVisibleRectToFitAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated;
#end
.m file
#import "MKMapView+Extensions.h"
#implementation MKMapView (Extensions)
/**
* Changes the currently visible portion of the map to a region that best fits all the currently loadded annotations on the map, and it optionally animates the change.
*
* #param animated is the change should be perfomed with an animation.
*/
-(void)ij_setVisibleRectToFitAllLoadedAnnotationsAnimated:(BOOL)animated
{
MKMapView * mapView = self;
NSArray * annotations = mapView.annotations;
[self ij_setVisibleRectToFitAnnotations:annotations animated:animated];
}
/**
* Changes the currently visible portion of the map to a region that best fits the provided annotations array, and it optionally animates the change.
All elements from the array must conform to the <MKAnnotation> protocol in order to fetch the coordinates to compute the visible region of the map.
*
* #param annotations an array of elements conforming to the <MKAnnotation> protocol, holding the locations for which the visible portion of the map will be set.
* #param animated wether or not the change should be perfomed with an animation.
*/
-(void)ij_setVisibleRectToFitAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations animated:(BOOL)animated
{
MKMapView * mapView = self;
MKMapRect r = MKMapRectNull;
for (id<MKAnnotation> a in annotations) {
ZAssert([a conformsToProtocol:#protocol(MKAnnotation)], #"ERROR: All elements of the array MUST conform to the MKAnnotation protocol. Element (%#) did not fulfill this requirement", a);
MKMapPoint p = MKMapPointForCoordinate(a.coordinate);
//MKMapRectUnion performs the union between 2 rects, returning a bigger rect containing both (or just one if the other is null). here we do it for rects without a size (points)
r = MKMapRectUnion(r, MKMapRectMake(p.x, p.y, 0, 0));
}
[mapView setVisibleMapRect:r animated:animated];
}
#end
As you can see, I've added 2 methods so far: one for setting the visible region of the map to the one that fits all currently-loaded annotations on the MKMapView instance, and another method to set it to any array of objects.
So to set the mapView's visible region the code would then be as simple as:
//the mapView instance
[self.mapView ij_setVisibleRectToFitAllLoadedAnnotationsAnimated:animated];
I hope it helps =)
All the answers on this page assume that the map occupies the full screen. I actually have a HUD display (ie buttons scattered at the top and bottom) that give information ontop of the map.. and so the algorithms on the page will display the pins all right, but some of them will appear under the HUD display buttons.
My solution zooms the map in to display the annotations in a subset of the screen and works for different screen sizes (ie 3.5" vs 4.0" etc):
// create a UIView placeholder and throw it on top of the original mapview
// position the UIView to fit the maximum area not hidden by the HUD display buttons
// add an *other* mapview in that uiview,
// get the MKCoordinateRegion that fits the pins from that fake mapview
// kill the fake mapview and set the region of the original map
// to that MKCoordinateRegion.
Here is what I did in code (note: i use NSConstraints with some helper methods to make my code work in different screen sizes.. while the code is quite readable.. my answer here explains it better.. it's basically the same workflow:)
// position smallerMap to fit available space
// don't store this map, it will slow down things if we keep it hidden or even in memory
[#[_smallerMapPlaceholder] mapObjectsApplyingBlock:^(UIView *view) {
[view removeFromSuperview];
[view setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[view setHidden:NO];
[self.view addSubview:view];
}];
NSDictionary *buttonBindingDict = #{ #"mapPlaceholder": _smallerMapPlaceholder};
NSArray *constraints = [#[#"V:|-225-[mapPlaceholder(>=50)]-176-|",
#"|-40-[mapPlaceholder(<=240)]-40-|"
] mapObjectsUsingBlock:^id(NSString *formatString, NSUInteger idx){
return [NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:formatString options:0 metrics:nil views:buttonBindingDict];
}];
[self.view addConstraints:[constraints flattenArray]];
[self.view layoutIfNeeded];
MKMapView *smallerMap = [[MKMapView alloc] initWithFrame:self.smallerMapPlaceholder.frame];
[_smallerMapPlaceholder addSubview:smallerMap];
MKCoordinateRegion regionThatFits = [smallerMap getRegionThatFits:self.mapView.annotations];
[smallerMap removeFromSuperview];
smallerMap = nil;
[_smallerMapPlaceholder setHidden:YES];
[self.mapView setRegion:regionThatFits animated:YES];
here is the code that gets region that fits:
- (MKCoordinateRegion)getRegionThatFits:(NSArray *)routes {
MKCoordinateRegion region;
CLLocationDegrees maxLat = -90.0;
CLLocationDegrees maxLon = -180.0;
CLLocationDegrees minLat = 90.0;
CLLocationDegrees minLon = 180.0;
for(int idx = 0; idx < routes.count; idx++)
{
CLLocation* currentLocation = [routes objectAtIndex:idx];
if(currentLocation.coordinate.latitude > maxLat)
maxLat = currentLocation.coordinate.latitude;
if(currentLocation.coordinate.latitude < minLat)
minLat = currentLocation.coordinate.latitude;
if(currentLocation.coordinate.longitude > maxLon)
maxLon = currentLocation.coordinate.longitude;
if(currentLocation.coordinate.longitude < minLon)
minLon = currentLocation.coordinate.longitude;
}
region.center.latitude = (maxLat + minLat) / 2.0;
region.center.longitude = (maxLon + minLon) / 2.0;
region.span.latitudeDelta = 0.01;
region.span.longitudeDelta = 0.01;
region.span.latitudeDelta = ((maxLat - minLat)<0.0)?100.0:(maxLat - minLat);
region.span.longitudeDelta = ((maxLon - minLon)<0.0)?100.0:(maxLon - minLon);
MKCoordinateRegion regionThatFits = [self regionThatFits:region];
return regionThatFits;
}
I've made a little modification of Rafael's code for MKMapView Category.
- (void)zoomToFitMapAnnotations {
if ([self.annotations count] == 0)
return;
CLLocationCoordinate2D topLeftCoord;
topLeftCoord.latitude = -90;
topLeftCoord.longitude = 180;
CLLocationCoordinate2D bottomRightCoord;
bottomRightCoord.latitude = 90;
bottomRightCoord.longitude = -180;
for (id <MKAnnotation> annotation in self.annotations) {
topLeftCoord.longitude = fmin(topLeftCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude);
topLeftCoord.latitude = fmax(topLeftCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude);
bottomRightCoord.longitude = fmax(bottomRightCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude);
bottomRightCoord.latitude = fmin(bottomRightCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude);
}
MKCoordinateRegion region;
region.center.latitude = topLeftCoord.latitude - (topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 0.5;
region.center.longitude = topLeftCoord.longitude + (bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 0.5;
region.span.latitudeDelta = fabs(topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 1.1; // Add a little extra space on the sides
region.span.longitudeDelta = fabs(bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 1.1; // Add a little extra space on the sides
[self setRegion:[self regionThatFits:region] animated:YES];
}
Based on answers above you can use universal method to zoom map to fit all annotations and overlays at the same time.
-(MKMapRect)getZoomingRectOnMap:(MKMapView*)map toFitAllOverlays:(BOOL)overlays andAnnotations:(BOOL)annotations includeUserLocation:(BOOL)userLocation {
if (!map) {
return MKMapRectNull;
}
NSMutableArray* overlaysAndAnnotationsCoordinateArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
if (overlays) {
for (id <MKOverlay> overlay in map.overlays) {
MKMapPoint overlayPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(overlay.coordinate);
NSArray* coordinate = #[[NSNumber numberWithDouble:overlayPoint.x], [NSNumber numberWithDouble:overlayPoint.y]];
[overlaysAndAnnotationsCoordinateArray addObject:coordinate];
}
}
if (annotations) {
for (id <MKAnnotation> annotation in map.annotations) {
MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate);
NSArray* coordinate = #[[NSNumber numberWithDouble:annotationPoint.x], [NSNumber numberWithDouble:annotationPoint.y]];
[overlaysAndAnnotationsCoordinateArray addObject:coordinate];
}
}
MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectNull;
if (userLocation) {
MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(map.userLocation.coordinate);
zoomRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
}
for (NSArray* coordinate in overlaysAndAnnotationsCoordinateArray) {
MKMapRect pointRect = MKMapRectMake([coordinate[0] doubleValue], [coordinate[1] doubleValue], 0.1, 0.1);
zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect);
}
return zoomRect;
}
And then:
MKMapRect mapRect = [self getZoomingRectOnMap:mapView toFitAllOverlays:YES andAnnotations:YES includeUserLocation:NO];
[mapView setVisibleMapRect:mapRect edgePadding:UIEdgeInsetsMake(10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0) animated:YES];
Swift 5+ in 2021
// Position the map such that the provided array of annotations are all visible to the fullest extent possible.
#available(iOS 7.0, *)
open func showAnnotations(_ annotations: [MKAnnotation], animated: Bool)
so you can just:
mapView.showAnnotations(mapView.annotations, animated: true)
Just sharing my observations on this:
If you are using xCode > 6 with "inferred" sizes for the screens (see "simulated metrics" on the file inspector) in storyboard, calling
- (void)showAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations
animated:(BOOL)animated
in viewDidLoad will result in a too large zoom level on iPhones with 4 inches because the layout for the map is still on the size of the wider screens from the storyboard.
You can move your call to showAnnotations... to viewDidAppear. Then the size of the map has already been adjusted to the smaller screen of an iPhone 4.
Or alternatively change the value "inferred" in the file inspector under "simulated metrics" to iphone 4-inch.
You can select which shapes you want to show along with the Annotations.
extension MKMapView {
func setVisibleMapRectToFitAllAnnotations(animated: Bool = true,
shouldIncludeUserAccuracyRange: Bool = true,
shouldIncludeOverlays: Bool = true,
edgePadding: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 35, left: 35, bottom: 35, right: 35)) {
var mapOverlays = overlays
if shouldIncludeUserAccuracyRange, let userLocation = userLocation.location {
let userAccuracyRangeCircle = MKCircle(center: userLocation.coordinate, radius: userLocation.horizontalAccuracy)
mapOverlays.append(MKOverlayRenderer(overlay: userAccuracyRangeCircle).overlay)
}
if shouldIncludeOverlays {
let annotations = self.annotations.filter { !($0 is MKUserLocation) }
annotations.forEach { annotation in
let cirlce = MKCircle(center: annotation.coordinate, radius: 1)
mapOverlays.append(cirlce)
}
}
let zoomRect = MKMapRect(bounding: mapOverlays)
setVisibleMapRect(zoomRect, edgePadding: edgePadding, animated: animated)
}
}
extension MKMapRect {
init(bounding overlays: [MKOverlay]) {
self = .null
overlays.forEach { overlay in
let rect: MKMapRect = overlay.boundingMapRect
self = self.union(rect)
}
}
}
#"I'm not sure if this is because of some other factors in my implementation, but I find that showAnnotations doesn't do as close a zoom/fit of the annotations as the manual implementation does, so I've stuck with the manual one. – Ted Avery Apr 17 at 0:35"
I had the same problem, but then I tried doing showAnnotations twice (like below), and for some reason, it worked.
[mapView showAnnotations:yourAnnotationArray animated:YES];
[mapView showAnnotations:yourAnnotationArray animated:YES];
An iOS 7 compatible way is to use the following. First call showAnnotation in order to get a rectangle including all annotations. Afterwards create and UIEdgeInset with an top inset of the pin height. Thus you ensure to show the whole pin on the map.
[self.mapView showAnnotations:self.mapView.annotations animated:YES];
MKMapRect rect = [self.mapView visibleMapRect];
UIEdgeInsets insets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(pinHeight, 0, 0, 0);
[self.mapView setVisibleMapRect:rect edgePadding:insets animated:YES];
Put this in to your code accordingly:
- (void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mv didAddAnnotationViews:(NSArray *)views
{
id<MKAnnotation> mp = [annotationView annotation];
MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance([mp coordinate] ,250,250);
[mv setRegion:region animated:YES];
}

What's the best way to zoom out and fit all annotations in MapKit

Quick background of what I have going on. UIMapView loads and shows a single annotation (Never more than one). On the menu bar, there is a Locate Me button, on tap the userLocation is found and displayed as a second annotation. I then I have MapView zoom out to fit both those annotations in range but I am unable to find a suitable way of doing so. Depending on where the first annotation is placed in relation to the user location, sometimes it doesn't zoom out enough.
For example, if the annotation is North West of the User, it zooms out fine. But if the annotation is South East of the User, it only zooms out enough that they are just getting cut off and you have to manually zoom out a bit more. Here's the code I am using, variation of some others I have found on SO.
CLLocation *whereIAm = mapView.userLocation.location;
float lat = whereIAm.coordinate.latitude;
float lon = whereIAm.coordinate.longitude;
CLLocationCoordinate2D southWest = {[currentLatitude floatValue], [currentLongitude floatValue]};
CLLocationCoordinate2D northEast = southWest;
southWest.latitude = MIN(southWest.latitude, lat);
southWest.longitude = MIN(southWest.longitude, lon);
northEast.latitude = MAX(northEast.latitude, lat);
northEast.longitude = MAX(northEast.longitude, lon);
CLLocation *locSouthWest = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:southWest.latitude longitude:southWest.longitude];
CLLocation *locNorthEast = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:northEast.latitude longitude:northEast.longitude];
CLLocationDistance meters = [locSouthWest distanceFromLocation:locNorthEast];
MKCoordinateRegion region;
region.center.latitude = (southWest.latitude + northEast.latitude) / 2.0;
region.center.longitude = (southWest.longitude + northEast.longitude) / 2.0;
region.span.latitudeDelta = meters / 111319.5
region.span.longitudeDelta = 7.0;
MKCoordinateRegion savedRegion = [mapView regionThatFits:region];
[mapView setRegion:savedRegion animated:YES];
[locSouthWest release];
[locNorthEast release];
Is there a better way built into MapKit to just zoom out so that both annotations have, lets say half an inch between them at the outer frame? I don't really care if the user has to zoom in after, I just want it to zoom out properly.
-(void)zoomToFitMapAnnotations:(MKMapView*)mapView
{
if([mapView.annotations count] == 0)
return;
CLLocationCoordinate2D topLeftCoord;
topLeftCoord.latitude = -90;
topLeftCoord.longitude = 180;
CLLocationCoordinate2D bottomRightCoord;
bottomRightCoord.latitude = 90;
bottomRightCoord.longitude = -180;
for(MapAnnotation* annotation in mapView.annotations)
{
topLeftCoord.longitude = fmin(topLeftCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude);
topLeftCoord.latitude = fmax(topLeftCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude);
bottomRightCoord.longitude = fmax(bottomRightCoord.longitude, annotation.coordinate.longitude);
bottomRightCoord.latitude = fmin(bottomRightCoord.latitude, annotation.coordinate.latitude);
}
MKCoordinateRegion region;
region.center.latitude = topLeftCoord.latitude - (topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 0.5;
region.center.longitude = topLeftCoord.longitude + (bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 0.5;
region.span.latitudeDelta = fabs(topLeftCoord.latitude - bottomRightCoord.latitude) * 1.1; // Add a little extra space on the sides
region.span.longitudeDelta = fabs(bottomRightCoord.longitude - topLeftCoord.longitude) * 1.1; // Add a little extra space on the sides
region = [mapView regionThatFits:region];
[mapView setRegion:region animated:YES];
}
Taken from: http://codisllc.com/blog/zoom-mkmapview-to-fit-annotations/
(Use it all the time.)
In iOS7 there's a method that does just that. Just call:
[yourMapView showAnnotations:yourAnnotationsArray animated:YES];
Those who do the monotouch c# coding
BasicMapAnnotation is inherit class from MKAnnotation
private void GetRegion(MKMapView mapView)
{
var userWasVisible = mapView.ShowsUserLocation;
mapView.ShowsUserLocation = false; // ignoring the blue blip
// start with the widest possible viewport
var tl = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(-90, 180); // top left
var br = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(90, -180); // bottom right
foreach (var an in mapView.Annotations)
{
// narrow the viewport bit-by-bit
CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate = ((BasicMapAnnotation) an).Coordinate;
tl.Longitude = Math.Min(tl.Longitude, coordinate.Longitude);
tl.Latitude = Math.Max(tl.Latitude, coordinate.Latitude);
br.Longitude = Math.Max(br.Longitude, coordinate.Longitude);
br.Latitude = Math.Min(br.Latitude, coordinate.Latitude);
}
var center = new CLLocationCoordinate2D
{
// divide the range by two to get the center
Latitude = tl.Latitude - (tl.Latitude - br.Latitude)*0.5,Longitude = tl.Longitude + (br.Longitude - tl.Longitude)*0.5
};
var span = new MKCoordinateSpan
{
// calculate the span, with 20% margin so pins aren’t on the edge
LatitudeDelta = Math.Abs(tl.Latitude - br.Latitude)*1.2,LongitudeDelta = Math.Abs(br.Longitude - tl.Longitude)*1.2
};
var region = new MKCoordinateRegion {Center = center, Span = span};
region = mapView.RegionThatFits(region); // adjusts zoom level too
mapView.SetRegion(region, true); // animated transition
mapView.ShowsUserLocation =
userWasVisible;
}
You can use this code to show all annotations
MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectNull;
for (id <MKAnnotation> annotation in mapView.annotations)
{
MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate);
MKMapRect pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect);
}
[mapView setVisibleMapRect:zoomRect animated:YES];
if you want to include user location just replace two lines below with the first line of above code
MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(mapView.userLocation.coordinate);
MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);

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