NewsLocationViewController.swift

import Foundation
import UIKit
import CoreLocation

class NewsLocationViewController :
    UIViewController,
    CLLocationManagerDelegate {

    var location_manager: CLLocationManager!

    override func loadView() {
        super.loadView();

        location_manager = CLLocationManager()
        location_manager.delegate = self
        location_manager.distanceFilter = 3000
        location_manager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyKilometer
        
        view.backgroundColor = .redColor();

        location_manager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
    }


    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    /* CLLocationManagerDelegate                                                                             */
    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

    func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager!,
                         didChangeAuthorizationStatus status: CLAuthorizationStatus)
    {
        println("Received authorization update.");

        switch (status) {
        
        case .NotDetermined:
            println(".NotDetermined")
            
        case .Restricted:
            println(".Restricted access to location manager.")

        case .Denied:
            println(".Denied.")

        case  .Authorized:
            println(".Always authorized ot use location manager.")
            location_manager.startUpdatingLocation();

        case .AuthorizedWhenInUse:
            println(".AuthorizedWhenInUse")
        }
    }

    func locationManager( manager: CLLocationManager!,
                          didUpdateLocations locations: [AnyObject]!)
    {
        let geocoder = CLGeocoder()

        let placemark_cb: (([AnyObject]!, NSError!)-> Void) =
    {
        (placemarks, error) in

        if nil != error {
            println("\(error!)")
            return
        }
        
        for placemark in placemarks as [CLPlacemark] {
            println("\(placemark.locality)")
            println("\(placemark.administrativeArea)")
            println("\(placemark.country)")
            println("\(placemark.thoroughfare)")
            println("\(placemark.subThoroughfare)")
        }
        
        return
        };
        
        for loc in locations {
            geocoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(loc as? CLLocation, completionHandler: placemark_cb);
        }
    }
}