Convert span value into meters on a mapview

iphone mkmapview
vdaubry picture vdaubry · Mar 11, 2011 · Viewed 13.7k times · Source

Whenever the user zoom in or out the map i need to know how many meters are currently represented on the map (width or height).

What i need is the inverse function of MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance to calculate the distance represented by the current map span.

I tried the following code but i get wrong results :

- (void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView regionDidChangeAnimated:(BOOL)animated {
    MKMapRect mRect = self.map.visibleMapRect;
    MKMapPoint northMapPoint = MKMapPointMake(MKMapRectGetMidX(mRect), MKMapRectGetMinY(mRect));
    MKMapPoint southMapPoint = MKMapPointMake(MKMapRectGetMidX(mRect), MKMapRectGetMaxY(mRect));

    self.currentDist = MKMetersBetweenMapPoints(northMapPoint, southMapPoint);
}

If i set the map region to 1500 meters i get something like 1800 as a result..

Thanks for your help, Vincent

Answer

vdaubry picture vdaubry · Apr 28, 2011

Actually it was a really stupid mistake, if i do the same operation along the X axis then i get the correct value :

- (void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView regionDidChangeAnimated:(BOOL)animated {
MKMapRect mRect = self.map.visibleMapRect;
MKMapPoint eastMapPoint = MKMapPointMake(MKMapRectGetMinX(mRect), MKMapRectGetMidY(mRect));
MKMapPoint westMapPoint = MKMapPointMake(MKMapRectGetMaxX(mRect), MKMapRectGetMidY(mRect));

self.currentDist = MKMetersBetweenMapPoints(eastMapPoint, westMapPoint);
}

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