Chapter 10. Location and mapping with Core Location and MapKit
This chapter covers
- Introducing the Core Location and MapKit frameworks
- Retrieving your current location, heading, and speed
- Geocoding locations to display user-friendly locations
- Displaying a map of your location
Whenever I can’t figure out where to eat, I turn to my favorite restaurant review app to make the difficult decision for me. It shows me all of the nearby restaurants and lists them according to their rating. I choose a place that I believe will be able to satisfy my enormous appetite. Not knowing where this place is, I load the directions into my favorite maps app to give me walking directions. As I turn, the map turns with me, orienting itself so that I know where ...
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