Formatters

The MGLClockDirectionFormatter class provides properly formatted descriptions of headings relative to the user, known as clock positions. For example, a value of 90 may be formatted as “3 o’clock”, depending on the locale.

Use this class to create localized heading strings when displaying directions relative to the user’s current location and heading. To format a direction irrespective of the user’s orientation, use MGLCompassDirectionFormatter instead.

The MGLCompassDirectionFormatter class provides properly formatted descriptions of absolute headings. For example, a value of 90 may be formatted as “east”, depending on the locale.

Use this class to create localized heading strings when displaying directions irrespective of the user’s current location. To format a direction relative to the user’s current location, use MGLClockDirectionFormatter instead.

The MGLCoordinateFormatter class provides properly formatted descriptions of geographic coordinate pairs. Use this class to create localized coordinate strings when displaying location information to users.

MGLDistanceFormatter implements a formatter object meant to be used for geographic distances. The user’s current locale will be used by default but it can be overriden by changing the locale property of the numberFormatter.