Para cualquier otra persona que necesite una solución para esto, he creado una clase de categoría para CLPlacemark que devuelve la cadena de estado corta. Todo lo que necesita hacer es llamar myPlacemark shortState
CLPlacemark + ShortState.h
#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@interface CLPlacemark (ShortState)
- (NSString *)shortState;
@end
CLPlacemark + ShortState.m
#import "CLPlacemark+ShortState.h"
@interface CLPlacemark (ShortStatePrivate)
- (NSDictionary *)nameAbbreviations;
@end
@implementation CLPlacemark (ShortState)
- (NSString *)shortState {
NSString *state = [self.administrativeArea lowercaseString];
if (state.length==0)
return nil;
return [[self nameAbbreviations] objectForKey:state];
}
- (NSDictionary *)nameAbbreviations {
static NSDictionary *nameAbbreviations = nil;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
nameAbbreviations = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
@"AL",@"alabama",
@"AK",@"alaska",
@"AZ",@"arizona",
@"AR",@"arkansas",
@"CA",@"california",
@"CO",@"colorado",
@"CT",@"connecticut",
@"DE",@"delaware",
@"DC",@"district of columbia",
@"FL",@"florida",
@"GA",@"georgia",
@"HI",@"hawaii",
@"ID",@"idaho",
@"IL",@"illinois",
@"IN",@"indiana",
@"IA",@"iowa",
@"KS",@"kansas",
@"KY",@"kentucky",
@"LA",@"louisiana",
@"ME",@"maine",
@"MD",@"maryland",
@"MA",@"massachusetts",
@"MI",@"michigan",
@"MN",@"minnesota",
@"MS",@"mississippi",
@"MO",@"missouri",
@"MT",@"montana",
@"NE",@"nebraska",
@"NV",@"nevada",
@"NH",@"new hampshire",
@"NJ",@"new jersey",
@"NM",@"new mexico",
@"NY",@"new york",
@"NC",@"north carolina",
@"ND",@"north dakota",
@"OH",@"ohio",
@"OK",@"oklahoma",
@"OR",@"oregon",
@"PA",@"pennsylvania",
@"RI",@"rhode island",
@"SC",@"south carolina",
@"SD",@"south dakota",
@"TN",@"tennessee",
@"TX",@"texas",
@"UT",@"utah",
@"VT",@"vermont",
@"VA",@"virginia",
@"WA",@"washington",
@"WV",@"west virginia",
@"WI",@"wisconsin",
@"WY",@"wyoming",
nil];
});
return nameAbbreviations;
}
@end
El [CLPlacemark-StateAbbreviation] (https://github.com/jweyrich/CLPlacemark-StateAbbreviation) hace exactamente eso. – jweyrich