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

# pointOfInterestCategory

The point-of-interest category for the map item.

## Declaration

```swift
var pointOfInterestCategory: MKPointOfInterestCategory? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If the map item doesn’t correspond to a point of interest, or if the point of interest isn’t one of the known values in MKPointOfInterestCategory, pointOfInterestCategory is nil.

## 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)
- [placemark](mapkit/mkmapitem/placemark.md)
- [phoneNumber](mapkit/mkmapitem/phonenumber.md)
- [timeZone](mapkit/mkmapitem/timezone.md)
- [url](mapkit/mkmapitem/url.md)