Convert MKCoordinateRegion to MKMapRect

Question

I have a square MKMapView in my app, and I wish to set a center point and the exact height/width of the view in meters.

Creating an MKCoordinateRegion and setting th

Answer 1

Still have to be a bit more careful about crossing the meridian (as well as wrapping around the poles) otherwise MKMapPointForCoordinate returns -1, -1:

public func MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region:MKCoordinateRegion) -> MKMapRect {
var topLeft = CLLocationCoordinate2D(
    latitude: min(region.center.latitude + (region.span.latitudeDelta/2.0), 90),
    longitude: region.center.longitude - (region.span.longitudeDelta/2.0)
)

if topLeft.longitude < -180 {
    // We wrapped around the meridian
    topLeft.longitude += 360
}

var bottomRight = CLLocationCoordinate2D(
    latitude: max(region.center.latitude - (region.span.latitudeDelta/2.0), -90),
    longitude: region.center.longitude + (region.span.longitudeDelta/2.0)
)

    if bottomRight.longitude > 180 {
        // We wrapped around the medridian
        bottomRight.longitude -= 360
    }

    let topLeftMapPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(topLeft)
    let bottomRightMapPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(bottomRight)

    var width = bottomRightMapPoint.x - topLeftMapPoint.x
    if width < 0.0 {
        // Rect crosses meridian
        width += MKMapPointForCoordinate(CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 0.0, longitude: 180.0)).x
    }
    let height = bottomRightMapPoint.y - topLeftMapPoint.y
    let size = MKMapSize(width: width, height: height)

    return MKMapRect(origin: topLeftMapPoint, size: size)
}

Some test case code (using Nimble):

func testMKMapRectForCoordinateRegion() {
    let northWesternRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMake(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(45.0, -90.0), MKCoordinateSpanMake(20.0, 20.0))
    let northWesternMapRect = MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region: northWesternRegion)
    let convertedNWRegion = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(northWesternMapRect)
    expect(self.equivalentRegions(northWesternRegion, convertedNWRegion)).to(beTrue())

    let northEasternRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMake(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(45.0, 90.0), MKCoordinateSpanMake(20.0, 20.0))
    let northEasternMapRect = MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region: northEasternRegion)
    let convertedNERegion = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(northEasternMapRect)
    expect(self.equivalentRegions(northEasternRegion, convertedNERegion)).to(beTrue())

    let southWesternRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMake(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-45.0, -90.0), MKCoordinateSpanMake(20.0, 20.0))
    let southWesternMapRect = MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region: southWesternRegion)
    let convertedSWRegion = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(southWesternMapRect)
    expect(self.equivalentRegions(southWesternRegion, convertedSWRegion)).to(beTrue())

    let southEasternRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMake(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-45.0, 90.0), MKCoordinateSpanMake(20.0, 20.0))
    let southEasternMapRect = MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region: southEasternRegion)
    let convertedSERegion = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(southEasternMapRect)
    expect(self.equivalentRegions(southEasternRegion, convertedSERegion)).to(beTrue())

    let meridianSpanEastRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMake(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(0.0, 170.0), MKCoordinateSpanMake(20.0, 20.0))
    let meridianSpanEastMapRect = MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region: meridianSpanEastRegion)
    let convertedMeridianSpanEastRegion = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(meridianSpanEastMapRect)
    expect(self.equivalentRegions(meridianSpanEastRegion, convertedMeridianSpanEastRegion)).to(beTrue())

    let meridianSpanWestRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMake(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(0.0, -170.0), MKCoordinateSpanMake(20.0, 20.0))
    let meridianSpanWestMapRect = MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region: meridianSpanWestRegion)
    let convertedMeridianSpanWestRegion = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(meridianSpanWestMapRect)
    expect(self.equivalentRegions(meridianSpanWestRegion, convertedMeridianSpanWestRegion)).to(beTrue())
}

fileprivate func equivalentRegions(_ regionA: MKCoordinateRegion, _ regionB: MKCoordinateRegion) -> Bool {
    // Allow a small delta between values
    let deltaAllowed: Double = 1.0

    return (fabs(regionA.center.latitude - regionB.center.latitude) < deltaAllowed) &&
            (fabs(regionA.center.longitude - regionB.center.longitude) < deltaAllowed) &&
            (fabs(regionA.span.latitudeDelta - regionB.span.latitudeDelta) < deltaAllowed) &&
            (fabs(regionA.span.longitudeDelta - regionB.span.longitudeDelta) < deltaAllowed)
}