New subject: maps on iOS

20 Mar 2015

      Migrating thread to mobile-l, with Ulf's permission.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:29 PM, Ulf Buermeyer ub2125@columbia.edu wrote:
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Hi all,
if you're deprecating iOS6 then the solution might be to just implement
[MKOverlay canReplaceMapContent]
and return YES. This effectively prevents iOS from loading Apple map
content:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MapKit/Reference/MKOve...
As for the MKTileOverlay, that would be an option as well, I'm just not
sure how efficient it is for caching OSM content - the documentation is
silent on that point:
https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/MapKit/Refe...
And as I already have the drawing code we could go with that.
Best, Ulf
On 19/03/15 01:49, Adam Baso wrote:
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Oops, /now/ I'm CC'ing Max.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Monte Hurd <mhurd@wikimedia.org
mailto:mhurd@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Ulf, I was also thinking we could maybe use a custom NSURLProtocol
to intercept the MKMapView's requests for the apple map tiles
(instead of a "overlay only" mode - would have the same effect I
think). Thoughts?

On Mar 18, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Adam Baso <abaso@wikimedia.org
<mailto:abaso@wikimedia.org>> wrote:

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Ulf,

Great meeting you!

Hi there - I was wondering if there was perhaps a way to make use
of MKTileOverlay for achieving these ends? We're going to be
deprecating iOS 6 in the relatively near future, and this is an
iOS 7+ thing.

http://nshipster.com/mktileoverlay-mkmapsnapshotter-mkdirections/

I've CC'd Max Semenik, who may have some insight into tiling
server options at Wikimedia.

-Adam

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Monte Hurd <mhurd@wikimedia.org
<mailto:mhurd@wikimedia.org>> wrote:

    Good seeing you again as well Ulf!

    I'll check out the OpenRadar ticket and experiment some more
    with your maps patch.

    Exciting stuff!!!

    On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Ulf Buermeyer
    <ub2125@columbia.edu <mailto:ub2125@columbia.edu>> wrote:

        Hi,

        good to see you guys today! I just wanted to keep you
        posted about that
        maps issue. In fact I re-filed a rdar with Apple in order
        to have them
        add an "overlay only" mode to MKMapView today (the other
        one had been
        closed w/o any feedback). See my OpenRadar for this issue:

        http://www.openradar.me/20132462

        For your reference here is the pull request I issued last
        year (that's
        effectively the code for what I showed to Moiz today):

        https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-ios-wikipedia/pull/3

        I'd be happy to work with you on a solution that complies

with
...
...
        Wikimedia's policies as I think that maps for articles or
        even an
        initial "places around you" feature with pins on a map
        would be very
        useful additions to the Wikipedia app.

        All the best, Ulf

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