[Editor’s note: Three part series on the new iPhone 3.0 map APIs for aspiring map application developers from the ObjectGraph.blog.]
Republished from the ObjectGraph.blog.
I started looking at the Map Kit API for developing a quick and dirty – Find where you parked your car – application.
There is no programming guide for Map Kit yet on the developer pages for Apple, So I decided to share some some of it here.
UPDATE: Follow the second part here
http://blog.objectgraph.com/index.php/2009/04/03/iphone-sdk-30-playing-with-map-kit-part-2/
I started looking at the Map Kit API for developing a quick and dirty – Find where you parked your car – application.
There is no programming guide for Map Kit yet on the developer pages for Apple, So I decided to share some some of it here.
The main class that supports a Map is called
MKMapView
You need to include the header
MapKit/MapKit.h
Also dont forget to add a reference to the Framework MapKit.Framework
The code is relatively simple. Here are the steps
- Create a simple project – I chose utility application – Name it whatever you want
- Go to MainViewController.h
- Include the header MapKit/MapKit.h
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