If you are working on Google maps API and using routes/directions
this will help you decode route polylines
works on MAC OS X and iPhone SDK
-(NSMutableArray *)decodePolyLine: (NSMutableString *)encoded {
[encoded replaceOccurrencesOfString:@"\\\\" withString:@"\\"
options:NSLiteralSearch
range:NSMakeRange(0, [encoded length])];
NSInteger len = [encoded length];
NSInteger index = 0;
NSMutableArray *array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSInteger lat=0;
NSInteger lng=0;
while (index < len) {
NSInteger b;
NSInteger shift = 0;
NSInteger result = 0;
do {
b = [encoded characterAtIndex:index++] - 63;
result |= (b & 0x1f) << shift;
shift += 5;
} while (b >= 0x20);
NSInteger dlat = ((result & 1) ? ~(result >> 1) : (result >> 1));
lat += dlat;
shift = 0;
result = 0;
do {
b = [encoded characterAtIndex:index++] - 63;
result |= (b & 0x1f) << shift;
shift += 5;
} while (b >= 0x20);
NSInteger dlng = ((result & 1) ? ~(result >> 1) : (result >> 1));
lng += dlng;
NSNumber *latitude = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithFloat:lat * 1e-5];
NSNumber *longitude = [[NSNumber alloc] initWithFloat:lng * 1e-5];
CLLocation *loc = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:[latitude floatValue] longitude:[longitude floatValue]];
[polyLines addObject:loc];
NSLog(@"%f,%f",[latitude floatValue],[longitude floatValue]);
[loc release];
[latitude release];
[longitude release];
}
return array;
}
