Category Archives: Objective-C
Flyover mode in MapKit with WMS
Suprise, iOS 9 MapKit finally enables flyeover mode with WMS overlays ! I have used my github MapKit sample and only set in MapViewController mkMapView.mapType = MKMapTypeHybridFlyover;
Drawing Shape File on MapKit
Simple & strightforward test of loading shape file and drawing it on MapKit on iOS8 using drawMapRect GitHub:https://github.com/Sumbera/SHPonMapKit draws only polygons so far primitive optimization, no scale optimisation Reading of shape file is performed by shapelib credits/inspiration: drawing : … Continue reading
MapBox GL – vector map open source project
Open Source OpenGL vector map rendering called MapBox GL, introduced here. Quick test run on iPad Air was successful and is available here : Quotes from the site: “Mapbox GL is based on the same vector tile format that powers … Continue reading
WMS on MapKit with iOS7
Updated WMS over MapKit sample code for iOS7 , available on github I have added cadastral maps of Czech Republic, used camera API to set the view and tested, check also WMS on Google Maps SDK on iOS mentioned here iOS7 introduced new … Continue reading
WMS with Google Maps on iOS
Sample for using WMS sources in Google Maps SDK for iOS. available on github here: https://github.com/Sumbera/WMS_iOS_GoogleMapSDK Provide your API key in the WMSController.h Google Maps for iOS used : 1.7.2 (April 2014) used XCode 5.1.1 (April 2014) iPad Air, iOS … Continue reading
From .NET to iOS developer
What it takes to transfer from Microsoft .NET to Apple iOS developer ? Update 2015: more longer and similar story/explanation found here So this was me ‘before’ with all my friends: Windows, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, MSDN : transcript: – … Continue reading
Instantiate view on iOS with mix of XIB and View class
How avoided storyboard and overloading XIB with just right split between what is visually defined and what is programatically programmed: visual set-up of the view in Interface builder – only view, no controllers and setting up outlets but no actions. … Continue reading
How to erase iOS6 maps in MapKit
Update: be aware as this is not working on iOS7, however in iOS7 MapKit officially supports to disable base layer ! This blog : https://blog.sumbera.com/2011/09/18/how-to-disable-base-google-maps-in-mapkit/ wrote about how to disable Google maps in MapKit. Now with new iOS6 and brand … Continue reading
ikatastr2 on AppStore
I have just release iKatastr2 app on AppStore (free) that might be useful for you to look at as it uses WMS sources and custom tile loading on top of google. App does simple stuff – shows cadastral information by … Continue reading
ESA App challenge winner
I have participated in the first ESA (European Space Agency) app dev challenge where 5 teams competed on best concept/prototype that will bring GMES data sources to the public on mobile devices. Our team (Czech Republic, Germany, Macedonia) won … Continue reading
