How to get an address from coordinates using MapKit?
I have this code when long press on the map it gets the coordinates:
func didLongPressMap(sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Began {
let touchPoint = sender.locationInView(self.mapView)
let touchCoordinate = self.mapView.convertPoint(touchPoint, toCoordinateFromView: self.mapView)
var annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
annotation.coordinate = touchCoordinate
annotation.title = "Your position"
self.mapView.addAnnotation(annotation) //drops the pin
println("lat: \(touchCoordinate.latitude)")
var num = (touchCoordinate.latitude as NSNumber).floatValue
var formatter = NSNumberFormatter()
formatter.maximumFractionDigits = 4
formatter.minimumFractionDigits = 4
var str = formatter.stringFromNumber(num)
println("long: \(touchCoordinate.longitude)")
var num1 = (touchCoordinate.longitude as NSNumber).floatValue
var formatter1 = NSNumberFormatter()
formatter1.maximumFractionDigits = 4
formatter1.minimumFractionDigits = 4
var str1 = formatter1.stringFromNumber(num1)
self.adressLoLa.text = "\(num),\(num1)"
}
}
and I want to print in annotation.title
the complete address (street, city, zip, country).
MapKit
framework does provide a way to get address details from coordinates.
You need to use reverse geocoding of map kit. CLGeocoder
class is used to get the location from address and address from the location (coordinates). The method reverseGeocodeLocation
will returns the address details from coordinates.
This method accepts CLLocation
as a parameter and returns CLPlacemark
, which contains address dictionary.
So now above method will be updated as:
@objc func didLongPressMap(sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizer.State.began {
let touchPoint = sender.location(in: mapView)
let touchCoordinate = mapView.convert(touchPoint, toCoordinateFrom: self.mapView)
let annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
annotation.coordinate = touchCoordinate
annotation.title = "Your position"
mapView.addAnnotation(annotation) //drops the pin
print("lat: \(touchCoordinate.latitude)")
let num = touchCoordinate.latitude as NSNumber
let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.maximumFractionDigits = 4
formatter.minimumFractionDigits = 4
_ = formatter.string(from: num)
print("long: \(touchCoordinate.longitude)")
let num1 = touchCoordinate.longitude as NSNumber
let formatter1 = NumberFormatter()
formatter1.maximumFractionDigits = 4
formatter1.minimumFractionDigits = 4
_ = formatter1.string(from: num1)
self.adressLoLa.text = "\(num),\(num1)"
// Add below code to get address for touch coordinates.
let geoCoder = CLGeocoder()
let location = CLLocation(latitude: touchCoordinate.latitude, longitude: touchCoordinate.longitude)
geoCoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(location, completionHandler:
{
placemarks, error -> Void in
// Place details
guard let placeMark = placemarks?.first else { return }
// Location name
if let locationName = placeMark.location {
print(locationName)
}
// Street address
if let street = placeMark.thoroughfare {
print(street)
}
// City
if let city = placeMark.subAdministrativeArea {
print(city)
}
// Zip code
if let zip = placeMark.isoCountryCode {
print(zip)
}
// Country
if let country = placeMark.country {
print(country)
}
})
}
}