---
title: placemark
framework: mapkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkit/mkmapitem/placemark
---

# placemark

The placemark object containing the location information.

## Declaration

```swift
var placemark: MKPlacemark { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If you create the map item using the forCurrentLocation() method, the value of this property is nil and the isCurrentLocation property is true.

## See Also

### Accessing the map item attributes

- [MKMapItem.Identifier](mapkit/mkmapitem/identifier-swift.class.md)
- [alternateIdentifiers](mapkit/mkmapitem/alternateidentifiers.md)
- [identifier](mapkit/mkmapitem/identifier-swift.property.md)
- [isCurrentLocation](mapkit/mkmapitem/iscurrentlocation.md)
- [name](mapkit/mkmapitem/name.md)
- [pointOfInterestCategory](mapkit/mkmapitem/pointofinterestcategory.md)
- [phoneNumber](mapkit/mkmapitem/phonenumber.md)
- [timeZone](mapkit/mkmapitem/timezone.md)
- [url](mapkit/mkmapitem/url.md)