IOS Route-Me: Add User Location Marker

I am trying to add the following things to a Route-Me application.

  • Add marker to original location
  • Move the map to the user's location
  • Move the marker to this new location.

I am using the basic example from the MapBox ios example since my maps are from offline mbtiles storage.

This is my header file:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

#import "RMMapView.h"
#import "RMMarker.h"
#import "RMMapViewDelegate.h"
#import "RMMarkerManager.h"
#import "CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h"

@interface MBTiles_ExampleViewController : UIViewController
{
    RMMapView *mapView;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet RMMapView *mapView;
@property (nonatomic, retain) CLLocationManager *locationManager;
@property (nonatomic, retain) CLLocation *currentLocation;
@property (nonatomic, retain) RMMarkerManager *markerManager;
@property (nonatomic, retain) RMMarker *locationMarker;

@end

      

And this is my implementation file:

#define kStartingLat   30.0f
#define kStartingLon  -10.0f
#define kStartingZoom   1.5f

#import "MBTiles_ExampleViewController.h"

#import "RMMBTilesTileSource.h"
#import "RMMapContents.h"
#import "RMMarker.h"

#import "RMMarkerManager.h"
#import "CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h"


@implementation MBTiles_ExampleViewController

@synthesize mapView;
@synthesize currentLocation;
@synthesize locationManager;
@synthesize markerManager;
@synthesize locationMarker;



(void)viewDidLoad
{
    CLLocationCoordinate2D startingPoint;

    startingPoint.latitude  = kStartingLat;
    startingPoint.longitude = kStartingLon;

    NSURL *tilesURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"control-room-0.2.0" ofType:@"mbtiles"]];

    RMMBTilesTileSource *source = [[[RMMBTilesTileSource alloc] initWithTileSetURL:tilesURL] autorelease];

    [[[RMMapContents alloc] initWithView:self.mapView 
                              tilesource:source
                            centerLatLon:startingPoint
                               zoomLevel:kStartingZoom
                            maxZoomLevel:[source maxZoom]
                            minZoomLevel:[source minZoom]
                         backgroundImage:nil] autorelease];

    mapView.enableRotate = NO;
    mapView.deceleration = NO;

    mapView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];

    mapView.contents.zoom = kStartingZoom;

    if (nil == locationManager)
        locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
    locationManager.delegate = self;

    locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;

    [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];


    UIImage *iconImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"marker.png"];

    locationMarker = [[RMMarker alloc] initWithUIImage: iconImage];



    [markerManager addMarker: locationMarker AtLatLong: startingPoint];  

}

(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
{
    [mapView moveToLatLong:newLocation.coordinate];

    RMLatLong newCoords = {newLocation.coordinate.latitude, newLocation.coordinate.longitude};

    if (nil != markerManager)
       [markerManager moveMarker:locationMarker AtLatLon: newCoords];

}

(void)dealloc
{
    [mapView release];

    [super dealloc];
}

@end

      

The marker.png file has been added to my resources folder.

So my questions

  • Why is my starting marker not showing?
  • I am using xcode on SnowLeopard, so can the simulator find my location? Because the map doesn't move.

Any help would be great as I tried so many code snippets and tutorials but none of them worked.

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Regarding your second question, from apple docs:

In Xcode 4.0 and 4.1, you can only simulate the current location in your application. As of Xcode 4.2, you can simulate locations other than your current location in iOS apps that use Core Location. To set the location, select Edit Scheme from the Scheme Selector in the toolbar, select Run, and click the Options tab. Then you can select a location from the Location menu



http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/Articles/xcode_4_2.html

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I was able to get it to work after clearing the marker after moving.



marker = [[RMMarker alloc] initWithUIImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"marker.png"] anchorPoint:CGPointMake(0.5f, 1.f)];
[mapView.contents.markerManager addMarker:marker AtLatLong:locPoland];
[mapView.contents.markerManager moveMarker:marker AtLatLon:locWawa];
[mapView.markerManager moveMarker:marker AtLatLon: locUser];
[mapView moveToLatLong:locUser];
marker = nil;

      

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