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Asked: 2026-05-26T17:38:32+00:00

I’d like to generate a thumbnail UIImage from an MKMapView I create. Unfortunately map

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I’d like to generate a thumbnail UIImage from an MKMapView I create.

Unfortunately map tiles are not loaded until the MKMapView is actually in view on the screen. This means any delegate methods related to loading the map will not fire until the map was shown. Once the view which has the map on it is showing, the delegate methods fires just fine.

However, I’d like to generate a thumbnail instead of the map, so I can draw a more flat and efficient view later. The best example I have seen it Twitter for iPhone, but this almost looks like it’s grabbed from online somehow, since it’s using Google’s own annotations.

Help appreciated. Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could use Google Maps with their Static Maps API.

    http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/

    You can place pins on the map where you choose. You could also leave the map without annotations from Google and place icons over the image yourself since you would know the coordinates of the image.

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