Integrate Google Maps API into an iPhone app

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Answer 1

I have created SVGeocoder, a simple forward and reverse geocoder class for iOS. It uses the Google Geocoding API, returns SVPlacemark objects (an MKPlacemark subclass with a coordinate property) and uses blocks.

This is how you geocode an address string:

[SVGeocoder geocode:addressString
         completion:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
             // do something with placemarks, handle errors
         }];

You can also reverse geocode a coordinate like this:

[SVGeocoder reverseGeocode:CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(45.53264, -73.60518)
                completion:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
                    // do something with placemarks, handle errors
                }];