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Search Along Route

In this guide you will learn how to search for points of interest (POIs) along a computed route on an interactive map. The search can be carried out during real or simulated navigation along the route. The map is fully 3D, supporting pan, pinch-zoom, rotate and tilt.

Setup

First, get an API key token, see the Getting Started guide.

See the Setup Maps SDK for iOS guide.

Download the SearchAlongRoute project example or clone the project with Git.

Extract/unpack the SearchAlongRoute project archive to a folder/directory of your choice. You can create a new directory where to unpack it.

Open the Project

Xcode welcome dialog

Start Xcode, and in the welcome dialog, choose Open an existing project.

Xcode File Open

If Xcode is already started, go to the File menu and choose Open.

Xcode open SearchAlongRoute

Select the SearchAlongRoute.xcodeproj file and click Open.

Verify that Maps SDK for iOS is configured in Xcode, see the Setup Maps SDK for iOS guide.

Set the API key token

Set your API key

In any of the Maps SDK for iOS example projects, click the AppDelegate.swift file and scroll down to the getProjectApiToken() function, and replace YOUR_TOKEN with your actual Magic Lane API Key token, see the Getting Started guide.

The project is now ready to build and run!

Run the example

Xcode select virtual device

Either connect a device via USB cable, or select a virtual device.

Xcode run SearchAlongRoute

Run the SearchAlongRoute example. You can pan and zoom the map. On the device you can also rotate and tilt.

Click the blue route icon at the top right to compute a route and fly to it, so it is centered in the viewport.

Click the blue triangle play button to start simulated navigation along the route.

Click the blue magnifying glass search button at the top left to search along the route.

Xcode run SearchAlongRoute

POI (point of interest) search results near the current location along the route are displayed in the debug output window.

iOS Examples

Maps SDK for iOS Examples can be downloaded or cloned with Git