A Passionate Technologists' Journal

Recently, I got to work on the MapBox SDK for iOS. So, this is a short journal of my experience with it. Basically, it's a MapBox SDK based freehand drawing article. For those who are here for Google Maps based solution, then please refer this blog  which is again based on  this lib . This is not a Google Maps Vs MapBox debate as well, please make up your mind before starting up. [Note: Am not aware of the updates to the Google Maps SDK since 2015] So, let's start with what I've got to say. I've already created a Freehand Drawing(FHD, in short) tool, implemented way back in 2015, which was based on the Google Maps SDK, hence for MapBox based FHD solution, I was already 50% done. In the existing implementation, I have the touch detection and coordinates collection, polyline drawing & polygon drawing logics already implemented and in place, but all of them were using the GoogleMaps API's. So, the 2 main parts/API's that I'll need to look in M...

MKLocalSearch provides a simple way to find local points of interest within a geographic region. Because of its no-hassle webservice integration and tight integration with MapKit , any location-based app would do well to take advantage of it. Usage : MKLocalSearchRequest *request = [[MKLocalSearchRequest alloc] init]; request.naturalLanguageQuery = @"Hospitals"; request.region = mapView.region; MKLocalSearch *search = [[MKLocalSearch alloc] initWithRequest:request]; [search startWithCompletionHandler:^(MKLocalSearchResponse *response, NSError *error) {     NSLog(@"Map Items: %@", response.mapItems); }];