Posted on August 22, 2018
by Steven Lipton
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In an earlier tip, I showed you how to make a map in iPad Playgrounds. Let’s learn how to animate those maps, doing a flyover of Michigan avenue in Chicago from The former home of Chess Records at 2120 South Michigan Avenue (immortalized in… Continue Reading “Animate With a Map Camera”
Category: iOS Development Weekly Tips, LinkedIn Learning / Lynda.com, Swift, Swift Programming, TutorialTags: 3d maps, animation, ios, iPad, iphone, MapKit, timers
Posted on May 16, 2018
by Steven Lipton
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Most map applications let you select a point on the map. However, touching a map usually is only for moving a map around. You might want to get a coordinate at a user’s tap. In this tip, I’ll show you how to get the… Continue Reading “Tip: Tap A Map”
Category: GUI, iOS 11, iOS Development Weekly Tips, Swift, Swift Programming, TutorialTags: 2d maps, annotations, CLLocation2D, coordinate conversion, gesture recognizer, guesture, map, MapKit, swift
Posted on May 16, 2016
by Steven Lipton
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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… Continue Reading “Adding Annotations and Overlays to Maps”
Category: GUI, iOS9, Swift, Swift Programming, TutorialTags: annotations, Apple maps, call out, callout, canShowCallout, enabled, images, map pin colors, MapKit, maps, mapView:renderForOverlay, mapview:viewForAnnotation, MKAnnotation, MKAnnotationView, MKCircle, MKPinAnnotationView, MKPolyline, pin colors, pinTintColor, Tutorial
Posted on May 9, 2016
by Steven Lipton
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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… Continue Reading “How to Use MapKit for 2D and 3D Map Views.”
Category: GUI, ios8, iOS9, Swift, Swift Programming, TutorialTags: 2d maps, 3d maps, Apple maps, camera, coordinates, hybrid, latitude, longitude, mapCamera, MapKit, maps, pizza, satellite