is there any way to detect a place with GPS coordinates ? (as much as possible without map ) for example check if longitude and latitude is equal or near to these :
44 35′25″n 104 42′55″w
or
44.5903 -104.7153
then an alert pops up and display a message !
Thanks .
You can measure the distance between your "hardcoded" location and current users location with following:
CLLocation *hardcoded_location = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:latitude1 longitude:longitude1];
CLLocation *new_location = newLocation;
CLLocationDistance distance = [hardcoded_location distanceFromLocation:new_location];
Then you could do:
if (distance < some_value)
{
[[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" message:@"Message" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil] show];
}
See https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/CoreLocation/Reference/CoreLocationDataTypesRef/Reference/reference.html for more info.
UPDATE:
typedef double CLLocationDistance
:
A distance measurement (in meters) from an existing location.
This code will be use full for solving your problem.
CLLocation *currentLocation = newLocation;
if (currentLocation != nil)
NSLog(@"longitude = %.8f\nlatitude = %.8f", currentLocation.coordinate.longitude,currentLocation.coordinate.latitude);
// stop updating location in order to save battery power
[locationManager stopUpdatingLocation];
// Reverse Geocoding
NSLog(@"Resolving the Address");
// “reverseGeocodeLocation” method to translate the locate data into a human-readable address.
// The reason for using "completionHandler" ----
// Instead of using delegate to provide feedback, the CLGeocoder uses “block” to deal with the response. By using block, you do not need to write a separate method. Just provide the code inline to execute after the geocoding call completes.
[geocoder reverseGeocodeLocation:currentLocation completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error)
{
NSLog(@"Found placemarks: %@, error: %@", placemarks, error);
if (error == nil && [placemarks count] > 0)
{
placemark = [placemarks lastObject];
// strAdd -> take bydefault value nil
NSString *strAdd = nil;
if ([placemark.subThoroughfare length] != 0)
strAdd = placemark.subThoroughfare;
if ([placemark.thoroughfare length] != 0)
{
// strAdd -> store value of current location
if ([strAdd length] != 0)
strAdd = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@",strAdd,[placemark thoroughfare]];
else
{
// strAdd -> store only this value,which is not null
strAdd = placemark.thoroughfare;
}
}
if ([placemark.postalCode length] != 0)
{
if ([strAdd length] != 0)
strAdd = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@",strAdd,[placemark postalCode]];
else
strAdd = placemark.postalCode;
}
if ([placemark.locality length] != 0)
{
if ([strAdd length] != 0)
strAdd = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@",strAdd,[placemark locality]];
else
strAdd = placemark.locality;
}
if ([placemark.administrativeArea length] != 0)
{
if ([strAdd length] != 0)
strAdd = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@",strAdd,[placemark administrativeArea]];
else
strAdd = placemark.administrativeArea;
}
if ([placemark.country length] != 0)
{
if ([strAdd length] != 0)
strAdd = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@",strAdd,[placemark country]];
else
strAdd = placemark.country;
}
Yes you can detect when the device is near to a particular location(lat,lng) but you have to mention how near. You cannot do simple plain addition and subtraction with lat long values. You have to specify a radius or a window.
distanceFromCurrentLocation = [userLocation distanceFromLocation:destinationlocation]/convertToKiloMeter;
if(distanceFromCurrentLocation < yourHigherBound && distanceFromLocation > yourLowerBound)
{
NSLog(@"yes, this place is inside my circle");
//Do the geocoding mentioned by others after this to get place name or country or whatever
}
else
{
NSLog(@"Oops!! its too far");
}
A good read, https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/LocationAwarenessPG/RegionMonitoring/RegionMonitoring.html
Use this method
@interface YourClass : UIViewController
{
CLGeocoder *geocoder;
}
@end
-(void)viewDidLoad
{
geocoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc] init];
CLLocationCoordinate2D location;
location.latitude = 44.5903f;
location.longitude = -104.7153f;
[self startGeocoderWithLocation:location];
}
-(void)startGeocoderWithLocation:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)location
{
CLLocation *newLocation=[[CLLocation alloc]initWithLatitude:location.latitude longitude:location.longitude];
[geocoder reverseGeocodeLocation:newLocation completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error)
{
if (error == nil && [placemarks count] > 0)
{
CLPlacemark *placemark = [placemarks lastObject];
NSLog(@"%@",placemark.addressDictionary);
// you can use placemark.thoroughfare, placemark.locality, etc
}
else
{
//Error in finding location
}
} ];
}
Hopes it might help