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Trying to get the span size in meters for an iOS MKCoordinateSpan


When I need to make an MKCoordinateRegion, I do the following:

var region = MKCoordinateRegion
               .FromDistance(coordinate, RegionSizeInMeters, RegionSizeInMeters);

very simple - works perfectly.

Now I wish to store the value of the current region span. When i look at the region.Span value, it’s an MKCoordinateSpan which has two properties:

public double LatitudeDelta;
public double LongitudeDelta;

How can I convert the LatitudeDelta value into a latitudinalMeters please? (So then I can recreate my region (later on) using the above method...


Solution

  • As I can see you already have the region of the map. It doesn't only contain the lat & long deltas but also the center point of the region. You can calculate the distances in meters as illustrated in the picture:

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    1: Get the region span (how big the region is in lat/long degrees)

    MKCoordinateSpan span = region.span;

    2: Get the region center (lat/long coordinates)

    CLLocationCoordinate2D center = region.center;

    3: Create two locations (loc1 & loc2, north - south) based on the center location and calculate the distance inbetween (in meters)

    //get latitude in meters
    CLLocation *loc1 = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:(center.latitude - span.latitudeDelta * 0.5) longitude:center.longitude];
    CLLocation *loc2 = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:(center.latitude + span.latitudeDelta * 0.5) longitude:center.longitude];
    int metersLatitude = [loc1 distanceFromLocation:loc2];
    

    4: Create two locations (loc3 & loc4, west - east) based on the center location and calculate the distance inbetween (in meters)

    //get longitude in meters
    CLLocation *loc3 = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:center.latitude longitude:(center.longitude - span.longitudeDelta * 0.5)];
    CLLocation *loc4 = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:center.latitude longitude:(center.longitude + span.longitudeDelta * 0.5)];
    int metersLongitude = [loc3 distanceFromLocation:loc4];