Places with MapKit Questions

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telme OP

Created Jun ’24

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Hello, I'm very interested in utilizing Place ID with MapKit.

Reference: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10097/

I do have some questions I've been unable to find in documentation or within the demo. Apologies in advance if they have been added since.

Are place photos included with the call? It appeared so in the demo just want to make sure as I was unable to confirm in the documentation.)
Are star ratings included with the Place ID? Reason: Looking for ways to display top/popular POI around a location.
How do rate limits work?
Can places be cached? (We're looking to keep saved/bookmarked POI cached to avoid pinging MapKit each time the app is used)
How often is place data refreshed? For example if a new restaurant opens in town when will it be available to display.
Can search provide place results by name (in and out burger) and by type (burgers in LA)? Would we have to pick one way or the other for search to work in this case?

Thanks in advance.

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Answer 1

ryrous OP

Jul ’24

Photos are added by the business, I believe. If they have added them, they'll be there.
No star ratings on the Place Card, sadly.
Not sure on rate limits - I don't think there are any?
Not sure on caching, as I'm a newb to SwiftUI.
Definitely an internal Apple question. Not sure how long it takes to update the database.
I, too, would love to know the answer to this. Having the ability to, for example, narrow down types of restaurants in a search would be immensely helpful. Will post back if I find anything.

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Answer 2

ryrous OP

Jul ’24

On #6: use a picker


Picker("Cuisine Type", selection: $selectedCuisine) {
     ForEach(cuisineTypes, id: \.self) { 
          cuisine in Text(cuisine.key)
     }
}

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Jul ’24

[quote='757151021, telme, /thread/757151, /profile/telme']

Can places be cached? (We're looking to keep saved/bookmarked POI cached to avoid pinging MapKit each time the app is used)

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Our sample code project keeps a visit history of places you view the placecard on the map using the new identifier property on map items. That sounds very similar to what you're looking to do.

[quote='757151021, telme, /thread/757151, /profile/telme'] Can search provide place results by name (in and out burger) and by type (burgers in LA)? Would we have to pick one way or the other for search to work in this case? [/quote]

The same sample code project has some options to help show you what's possible here, including using Point of Interest categories as part of the search criteria.

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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