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

Use MKMapPointForCoordinate to convert the 2 point of the region (top/left and bottom/right), then create the MKMapRect using the 2 MKMapPoints

        CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinateOrigin = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(latitude, longitude);
        CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinateMax = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(latitude + cellSize, longitude + cellSize);

        MKMapPoint upperLeft = MKMapPointForCoordinate(coordinateOrigin);
        MKMapPoint lowerRight = MKMapPointForCoordinate(coordinateMax);

        MKMapRect mapRect = MKMapRectMake(upperLeft.x,
                                          upperLeft.y,
                                          lowerRight.x - upperLeft.x,
                                          lowerRight.y - upperLeft.y);

Answer 2

This is a Swift verion to Leo & Barnhart solution

func MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion(region:MKCoordinateRegion) -> MKMapRect {
    let topLeft = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: region.center.latitude + (region.span.latitudeDelta/2), longitude: region.center.longitude - (region.span.longitudeDelta/2))
    let bottomRight = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: region.center.latitude - (region.span.latitudeDelta/2), longitude: region.center.longitude + (region.span.longitudeDelta/2))

    let a = MKMapPointForCoordinate(topLeft)
    let b = MKMapPointForCoordinate(bottomRight)

    return MKMapRect(origin: MKMapPoint(x:min(a.x,b.x), y:min(a.y,b.y)), size: MKMapSize(width: abs(a.x-b.x), height: abs(a.y-b.y)))
}

Answer 3

you can use method to convert MKCoordinateRegion to CGRect

- (CGRect)convertRegion:(MKCoordinateRegion)region toRectToView:(UIView *)view

and use - (MKMapRect)mapRectForRect:(CGRect)rect

or use MKMapPointForCoordinate method to first convert coordinates to MKPoint and use that to form MKMapRect to eventually use setVisibleMapRect:animated:

Answer 4

@David's answer, in Swift 3

func mapRect(region: MKCoordinateRegion) -> MKMapRect {
  let topLeft = CLLocationCoordinate2D(
    latitude: region.center.latitude + (region.span.latitudeDelta/2.0),
    longitude: region.center.longitude - (region.span.longitudeDelta/2.0)
  )

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

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

  let origin = MKMapPoint(x: topLeftMapPoint.x,
                          y: topLeftMapPoint.y)
  let size = MKMapSize(width: fabs(bottomRightMapPoint.x - topLeftMapPoint.x),
                       height: fabs(bottomRightMapPoint.y - topLeftMapPoint.y))

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

Answer 5

Use the built in function MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect

MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionForMapRect(rect);

Answer 6

To add another implementation to the pile:

- (MKMapRect)MKMapRectForCoordinateRegion:(MKCoordinateRegion)region
{
    MKMapPoint a = MKMapPointForCoordinate(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(
        region.center.latitude + region.span.latitudeDelta / 2, 
        region.center.longitude - region.span.longitudeDelta / 2));
    MKMapPoint b = MKMapPointForCoordinate(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(
        region.center.latitude - region.span.latitudeDelta / 2, 
        region.center.longitude + region.span.longitudeDelta / 2));
    return MKMapRectMake(MIN(a.x,b.x), MIN(a.y,b.y), ABS(a.x-b.x), ABS(a.y-b.y));
}

NB: There are many ways to convert between MKMapRect and MKCoordinateRegion. This one certainly is not the exact inverse of MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(), but approximates it fairly well. So, be careful converting back and forth, because information can be lost.