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# MKUserLocation

An annotation that reflects the user’s location on the map.

```
class MKUserLocation
```

## Overview

You don’t create instances of this class directly. Instead, you retrieve an existing `MKUserLocation` object from the [`userLocation`](/documentation/MapKit/MKMapView/userLocation) property of the map view that displays in your app.

## Topics

### Determining the user’s location

[`location`](/documentation/MapKit/MKUserLocation/location)

The location of the device.

[`isUpdating`](/documentation/MapKit/MKUserLocation/isUpdating)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the map view is updating the user’s location.

[`heading`](/documentation/MapKit/MKUserLocation/heading)

The heading of the user’s location.

### Accessing the user’s location annotation

[`title`](/documentation/MapKit/MKUserLocation/title)

The title to display for the user’s location annotation.

[`subtitle`](/documentation/MapKit/MKUserLocation/subtitle)

The subtitle to display for the user’s location annotation.


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