This presentation I gave at AppBuilders Zürich Meetup http://www.meetup.com/App-Builders-Zurich/events/231009586/ We all know MapKit which is Apple's framework that easily allows us to embed and annotate maps on iOS devices. During this presentation you will learn how to display more than a map and what are the challenges when you want to visualize a complex project like animation of the Swiss Railways, which deals with 13'000 trains on 5'000 km of tracks, generating 150'000 timetables stops across 1'800 stations.

1. MapKit and SwissTrains
AppBuilders Zürich
June 1st, 2016
Vasile Coțovanu
@vasile23

2. TODAY!

3. About
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• Software Engineer
• Maps Addict
• Trainspotter

4. About
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• Software Engineer
• Maps Addict
• Trainspotter

5. About
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• Software Engineer
• Maps Addict
• Trainspotter

6. Agenda
• MapKit Intro
• GIS
• GeoJSON
• GTFS
• SwissTrains
• DEMO

7. MapKit
• introduced in iOS 3.0
• embed maps in your app
• display points, lines, polygons
• custom map tiles, directions, local search, user location, etc

8. MapKit - History
• iOS 3.0: MKMapView, MKAnnotation, GoogleMaps
• iOS 4.0: Overlays, draggable annotations
• iOS 5.0: Heading/Tracking
• iOS 6.0: Apple Maps, Routing Apps
• iOS 7.0: Local Search, Custom Tiles, Directions
• iOS 8.0: ?
• iOS 9.0: Fully Custom Annotations, 3D Flyover mode

9. GIS - 101

10. GIS Primitives
Primitive Point Polyline Polygon
Leaflet Marker Polyline Polygon
MapKit <MKAnnotation> MKPolyline MKPolygon
GeoJSON Point LineString Polygon

11. GeoJSON - 101
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoJSON

12. GeoJSON - SwissTrains
https://github.com/vasile/transit-map/tree/master/api/geojson

13. GTFS - 101
https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference

14. GTFS - SwissTrains
http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/en/welcome.html

15. SwissTrains - Positions

16. SwissTrains - History
• 2007 - 1st web-map - GMaps v2
• 2011 - 2nd version - GMaps v3, mobile
• 2011 - OS: https://github.com/vasile/transit-map
• 2013 - GTFS: https://github.com/vasile/GTFS-viz
• 2015 - iOS app :)

17. iOS App - Details
DEMO TIME !

18. Thanks!
• @vasile23
• http://www.vasile.ch
• Q & A