Tag: Apple maps

• May 16, 2016

  Adding Annotations and Overlays to Maps

  

  In the last lesson, we explored the  joys of making maps using the UIMapView and MapKit. While showing maps is great, we often want to add things to a map, such as locations and graphics.  These are known as Annotations and Overlays. In this lesson we’ll make some of each. We’ll start by locating pizza restaurants…
• May 9, 2016

  How to Use MapKit for 2D and 3D Map Views.

  

  Everyone may remember when Apple first introduced MapKit to replace Google Maps on iPhones, they ended up to apologizing. However over time, developers have found how easy it is to use MapKit. This API provides features which make using  both 2D and 3D maps very easy. More importantly, Google charges for map views  over a…