Find city name and country from latitude and longitude in Swift

Question

I\'m working on application in Swift3 and I have letter problem i can\'t find the answer for it.

How can I know city name and country short names base on latitud

Answer 1

You can use CLGeocoder reverseGeocodeLocation method to fetch a CLPlacemark and get its country and locality properties info. Note that it is an asynchronous method so you will need to add a completion handler to your method when fetching that info:

import UIKit
import MapKit
import PlaygroundSupport
PlaygroundPage.current.needsIndefiniteExecution = true

extension CLLocation {
    func fetchCityAndCountry(completion: @escaping (_ city: String?, _ country:  String?, _ error: Error?) -> ()) {
        CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(self) { completion($0?.first?.locality, $0?.first?.country, $1) }
    }
}

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Usage

let location = CLLocation(latitude: -22.963451, longitude: -43.198242)
location.fetchCityAndCountry { city, country, error in
    guard let city = city, let country = country, error == nil else { return }
    print(city + ", " + country)  // Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
}

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edit/update:

iOS 11 or later CLPlacemark has a postalAddress property. You can import Contacts framework and use CNPostalAddressFormatter's string(from:) method to get a localized formatted address. You can also extend CLPlacemark and add some computed properties to better describe some of its properties:

import MapKit
import Contacts

extension CLPlacemark {
    /// street name, eg. Infinite Loop
    var streetName: String? { thoroughfare }
    /// // eg. 1
    var streetNumber: String? { subThoroughfare }
    /// city, eg. Cupertino
    var city: String? { locality }
    /// neighborhood, common name, eg. Mission District
    var neighborhood: String? { subLocality }
    /// state, eg. CA
    var state: String? { administrativeArea }
    /// county, eg. Santa Clara
    var county: String? { subAdministrativeArea }
    /// zip code, eg. 95014
    var zipCode: String? { postalCode }
    /// postal address formatted
    @available(iOS 11.0, *)
    var postalAddressFormatted: String? {
        guard let postalAddress = postalAddress else { return nil }
        return CNPostalAddressFormatter().string(from: postalAddress)
    }
}

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extension CLLocation {
    func placemark(completion: @escaping (_ placemark: CLPlacemark?, _ error: Error?) -> ()) {
        CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(self) { completion($0?.first, $1) }
    }
}

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Usage:

let location = CLLocation(latitude: 37.331676, longitude: -122.030189)
location.placemark { placemark, error in
    guard let placemark = placemark else { 
        print("Error:", error ?? "nil")
        return
    }
    print(placemark.postalAddressFormatted ?? "")
}

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This will print

1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino CA 95014
United States

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Answer 2

What you need is called reverse geocoding. As you have already declared some properties at the top. You need to add the CLGeocoder & CLPlancemark

let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
var location: CLLocation?

let geocoder = CLGeocoder()
var placemark: CLPlacemark?

// here I am declaring the iVars for city and country to access them later

var city: String?
var country: String?
var countryShortName: String?

Create a function where you can start the location services

func startLocationManager() {
    // always good habit to check if locationServicesEnabled
    if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
        locationManager.delegate = self
        locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
        locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
    }
}

also create another to stop once you're done with location geocoding

func stopLocationManager() {
   locationManager.stopUpdatingLocation()
   locationManager.delegate = nil
}

in view didLoad or from anywhere you want to start the location manager add a check first

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

    let authStatus = CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus()
    if authStatus == .notDetermined {
        locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
    }

    if authStatus == .denied || authStatus == .restricted {
        // add any alert or inform the user to to enable location services 
    }

   // here you can call the start location function
   startLocationManager()

}

implement the delegate methods for location manager didFailedWithError

func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didFailWithError error: Error) {
    // print the error to see what went wrong
    print("didFailwithError\(error)")
    // stop location manager if failed
    stopLocationManager()
}

implement the delegate method for location manager didUpdateLocations

 func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
    // if you need to get latest data you can get locations.last to check it if the device has been moved
    let latestLocation = locations.last!

    // here check if no need to continue just return still in the same place
    if latestLocation.horizontalAccuracy < 0 {
        return
    }
    // if it location is nil or it has been moved
    if location == nil || location!.horizontalAccuracy > lastLocation.horizontalAccuracy {

        location = lastLocation
        // stop location manager
        stopLocationManager()

        // Here is the place you want to start reverseGeocoding
        geocoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(lastLocation, completionHandler: { (placemarks, error) in
                // always good to check if no error
                // also we have to unwrap the placemark because it's optional
                // I have done all in a single if but you check them separately 
                if error == nil, let placemark = placemarks, !placemark.isEmpty {
                    self.placemark = placemark.last
                }
                // a new function where you start to parse placemarks to get the information you need
                self.parsePlacemarks()

           })
    }
}

Add the parsePlacemarks function

parsePlacemarks() {
   // here we check if location manager is not nil using a _ wild card 
   if let _ = location {
        // unwrap the placemark 
        if let placemark = placemark {
            // wow now you can get the city name. remember that apple refers to city name as locality not city
            // again we have to unwrap the locality remember optionalllls also some times there is no text so we check that it should not be empty
            if let city = placemark.locality, !city.isEmpty {
                // here you have the city name
                // assign city name to our iVar
                self.city = city
            }
            // the same story optionalllls also they are not empty
            if let country = placemark.country, !country.isEmpty {

                self.country = country
            }
            // get the country short name which is called isoCountryCode
            if let countryShortName = placemark.isoCountryCode, !countryShortName.isEmpty {

                self.countryShortName = countryShortName
            }

        }


    } else {
       // add some more check's if for some reason location manager is nil
    }

}

You have to cmd+click on CLPlacemark to see all the properties that you can access for example street name is called thoroughfare & the number is is called subThoroughfare continue reading the documentation for more information

Note: You have to check for locations error also geocoder error which I haven't implemented here but you have to take care of those errors and the best place to check error codes and everything else is apples documentation

Update: Check paresPlacemarks function where I added isoCountryCode which is equal to country shortName No need to add extra network calls to google API and Alamofire while your already using location services

Answer 3

import Foundation
import CoreLocation

let location = CLLocation(latitude: 37.3321, longitude: -122.0318)
CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(location) { placemarks, error in

    guard let placemark = placemarks?.first else {
        let errorString = error?.localizedDescription ?? "Unexpected Error"
        print("Unable to reverse geocode the given location. Error: \(errorString)")
        return
    }

    let reversedGeoLocation = ReversedGeoLocation(with: placemark)
    print(reversedGeoLocation.formattedAddress)
    // Apple Inc.,
    // 1 Infinite Loop,
    // Cupertino, CA 95014
    // United States
}

struct ReversedGeoLocation {
    let name: String            // eg. Apple Inc.
    let streetName: String      // eg. Infinite Loop
    let streetNumber: String    // eg. 1
    let city: String            // eg. Cupertino
    let state: String           // eg. CA
    let zipCode: String         // eg. 95014
    let country: String         // eg. United States
    let isoCountryCode: String  // eg. US

    var formattedAddress: String {
        return """
        \(name),
        \(streetNumber) \(streetName),
        \(city), \(state) \(zipCode)
        \(country)
        """
    }

    // Handle optionals as needed
    init(with placemark: CLPlacemark) {
        self.name           = placemark.name ?? ""
        self.streetName     = placemark.thoroughfare ?? ""
        self.streetNumber   = placemark.subThoroughfare ?? ""
        self.city           = placemark.locality ?? ""
        self.state          = placemark.administrativeArea ?? ""
        self.zipCode        = placemark.postalCode ?? ""
        self.country        = placemark.country ?? ""
        self.isoCountryCode = placemark.isoCountryCode ?? ""
    }
}

Answer 4

Here is the Swift 4 code:

  var locationManager = CLLocationManager()

  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    locationManager.delegate = self
    locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
    locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
    locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
    locationManager.startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges()
    // Here you can check whether you have allowed the permission or not.
    if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled()
    {
        switch(CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus())
        {
        case .authorizedAlways, .authorizedWhenInUse:
            print("Authorize.")
            let latitude: CLLocationDegrees = (locationManager.location?.coordinate.latitude)!
            let longitude: CLLocationDegrees = (locationManager.location?.coordinate.longitude)!
            let location = CLLocation(latitude: latitude, longitude: longitude) //changed!!!
            CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(location, completionHandler: {(placemarks, error) -> Void in
                if error != nil {
                    return
                }else if let country = placemarks?.first?.country,
                    let city = placemarks?.first?.locality {
                    print(country)
                    self.cityNameStr = city
                }
                else {
                }
            })
            break

        case .notDetermined:
            print("Not determined.")
            self.showAlertMessage(messageTitle: "Bolo Board", withMessage: "Location service is disabled!!")
            break

        case .restricted:
            print("Restricted.")
            self.showAlertMessage(messageTitle: "Bolo Board", withMessage: "Location service is disabled!!")
            break

        case .denied:
            print("Denied.")
        }
    }
}

func showAlertMessage(messageTitle: NSString, withMessage: NSString) ->Void  {
    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: messageTitle as String, message: withMessage as String, preferredStyle: .alert)
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel) { (action:UIAlertAction!) in

    }
    alertController.addAction(cancelAction)

    let OKAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Settings", style: .default) { (action:UIAlertAction!) in
        if let url = URL(string: "App-Prefs:root=Privacy&path=LOCATION/com.company.AppName") {
            if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
                UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
            } else {
                // Fallback on earlier versions
            }
        }
    }
    alertController.addAction(OKAction)
    self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion:nil)
}

Answer 5

I had also the same issue .You can use this code.

func placePicker(_ viewController: GMSPlacePickerViewController, didPick place: GMSPlace) {

    viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    let geoCoder = CLGeocoder()
    let location = CLLocation(latitude: place.coordinate.latitude, longitude: place.coordinate.longitude)
    geoCoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(location, completionHandler: { (placemarks, error) -> Void in

        // Place details
        var placeMark: CLPlacemark!
        placeMark = placemarks?[0]

        // Address dictionary
        print(placeMark.addressDictionary as Any)
   // 

    print("Place name \(place.name)")
    print("Place address \(String(describing: place.formattedAddress))")
    print("Place attributions \(String(describing: place.attributions))")



})
}

Hope this will resolve your problem.