One problem with the code above by Anna Karenina is that it doesn’t deal with when you add annotations below where the user is looking at the moment. Those annotations will float in mid-air before dropping because they are moved into the user’s visible map rect. Another is that it also drops the user location … Read more
When you call -startUpdatingLocation, if location services were denied by the user, the location manager delegate will receive a call to -locationManager:didFailWithError: with the kCLErrorDenied error code. This works both in all versions of iOS.
OK, answering my own question. Turns out it is an issue with dependent projects in XCode 4. If this happens to you, go through the Build Settings for all your dependent projects (e.g. static libraries) and make sure that the “Skip Install” option under “Deployment” is set to YES. More detail here: http://flakasoft.com/developer-tips/xcode-4-bug-solution-for-archiving-build-with-static-library/