How to convert PFGeoPoint to CLLocation

Question

Is it possible to convert PFGeoPoint from Parse to CLLocation?

The reason is because I'm trying to get place names from PFGeoPoint like this:

CLGeocoder *geocoder; CLPlacemark *placemark; PFGeoPoint *point = [object objectForKey:@"location"]; [geocoder reverseGeocodeLocation:point completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) { NSLog(@"Found placemarks: %@, error: %@", placemarks, error); if (error == nil && [placemarks count] > 0) { placemark = [placemarks lastObject]; NSLog(@"%@", placemarks); } }]; 

The error I am getting is obviously:

 Incompatiable pointer types sending 'PFGeoPoint *' to parameter of type 'CLLocation *' 

Answer 1

You need to explicitly create an instance of CLLocation using initWithLatitude:longitude: with latitude and longitude from PFGeoPoint . There is only a convenient method for creating PFGeoPoint from CLLocation , and not vice versa.

Answer 2

As Wayne said, there is no convenient way to convert from PFGeoPoint to CLLocation , however you can make your own and extend PFGeoPoint using the following

 import Parse extension PFGeoPoint { func location() -> CLLocation { return CLLocation(latitude: self.latitude, longitude: self.longitude) } } 

Now you can easily return the CLLocation object by doing

 let aLocation: CLLocation = yourGeoPointObject.location() 

Answer 3

Based on Justin Oroz's answer (see answer below): It might also be a good idea to create an extension on the CLLocation side so that it can be created using the handy init that PFGeoPoint receives:

 extension CLLocation { convenience init(geoPoint: PFGeoPoint) { self.init(latitude: geoPoint.latitude, longitude: geoPoint.longitude) } } 

Answer 4

You can always get PFGeoPoint and then add it to CLLocationCoordinate2D as follows:

 //get all PFObjects let parseLocation = ParseObject["location"] let location:CLLocationCoordinate2D = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: parseLocation.latitude, longitude: parseLocation.longitude)