在 Swift 中将 CLLocation 转换为 MKMapItem

Question

I have a CLLocation for the User's location that I have retrieved from Core Location's locationManager. In order to calculate the distance to a map item, I would like to convert the CLLocation into a MKMapItem .

I gather you can get the coordinates of the CLLocation , make an MKPlacemark from them and finally make an MKMapItem from the MKPlacemark doing something like the following:

let currentLocation:CLLocation = locationManager.location
var coord : CLLocationCoordinate2D = currentLocation.coordinate
let myPlacemark = MKPlacemark(coordinate: coord)
let myMapItem = MKMapItem(placemark: myPlacemark)

This seems rather lengthy for this task and I am wondering, if there is no more direct way to do this?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Answer 1

Since it's the user's current location you're trying to create an MKMapItem of, you can just do this:

let myMapItem = MKMapItem.mapItemForCurrentLocation()

That saves you the trouble of obtaining user's location, too! :)