CLLocationCoordinate2D loc = mapView.userLocation.coordinate;Based on Wikipedia article about Geographic coordinate conversion.
BOOL loc_NS;
if (loc.latitude > 0)
{
loc_NS = YES;
}
else
{
loc_NS = NO;
loc.latitude *= -1;
}
int lat_d = floor(loc.latitude);
loc.latitude -= lat_d;
loc.latitude *= 60;
int lat_m = floor(loc.latitude);
loc.latitude -= lat_m;
loc.latitude *= 60;
int lat_s = floor(loc.latitude);
BOOL loc_WE;
if (loc.longitude > 0)
{
loc_WE = NO;
}
else
{
loc_WE = YES;
loc.longitude *= -1;
}
int lon_d = floor(loc.longitude);
loc.longitude -= lon_d;
loc.longitude *= 60;
int lon_m = floor(loc.longitude);
loc.longitude -= lon_m;
loc.longitude *= 60;
int lon_s = floor(loc.longitude);
location.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Location: %d°%d′%d″%@ %d°%d′%d″%@",
lat_d, lat_m, lat_s, loc_NS ? @"N" : @"S",
lon_d, lon_m, lon_s, loc_WE ? @"W" : @"E"];
Friday, September 3, 2010
How to Create Human-readable Geo Coordinate Strings
How to create human-readable coordinate strings, a code snippet that I wrote long time ago. Released here as a reminder for The Next Time (there's always a next time):
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