how to check if a point falls into a MKRect

Question

fellow stackoverflowers,

does any one know of a MapKit function that returns a BOOL or something to indicate whether two MKMapRect intersect or contain ?

Answer 1

That's some fairly simple math, you could implement it yourself, or you could convert your MKMapRects to CGRects and use the CoreGraphics functions.

Answer 2

MapKit does contain some functions to help with this:

BOOL contains = MKMapRectContainsRect(rect1, rect2);
BOOL intersects = MKMapRectIntersectsRect(rect1, rect2);

See the documentation for more details and other useful functions.