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# Annotation

A customizable annotation used to indicate a location on a map.

```
@MainActor @preconcurrency struct Annotation<Label, Content> where Label : View, Content : View
```

## Overview

Use this view to annotations in the closure you provide to the `content` parameter in the [`Map`](/documentation/MapKit/Map) initializers.

## Topics

### Creating annotations

[`init(_:coordinate:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:)`](/documentation/MapKit/Annotation/init(_:coordinate:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:)-6rxmn)

Creates an annotation that displays a view at a coordinate on the map.

[`init(_:coordinate:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:)`](/documentation/MapKit/Annotation/init(_:coordinate:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:)-14m3t)

Creates an annotation that displays a view at a coordinate on the map.

[`init(coordinate:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:label:)`](/documentation/MapKit/Annotation/init(coordinate:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:label:))

Creates an annotation that displays a view at a coordinate on the map.

[`init(item:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:)`](/documentation/MapKit/Annotation/init(item:anchor:accessoryAnchor:content:))

Creates an annotation that displays a view at a coordinate on the map.

[`init(_:coordinate:anchor:content:)`](/documentation/MapKit/Annotation/init(_:coordinate:anchor:content:)-2w242)

Creates an annotation that displays a view at a coordinate on the map.

[`init(_:coordinate:anchor:content:)`](/documentation/MapKit/Annotation/init(_:coordinate:anchor:content:)-6wnoh)

Creates an annotation that displays a view at a coordinate on the map using a title key, coordinate, anchor location, and view you provide.

[`init(coordinate:anchor:content:label:)`](/documentation/MapKit/Annotation/init(coordinate:anchor:content:label:))

Creates an annotation that displays a view on the map using coordinates, anchor location, view, and label you provide.

### Setting the visibility of the title and subtitle

### Setting the tag

### Type aliases

### Displaying place information

[`mapItemDetailSelectionAccessory(_:)`](/documentation/MapKit/MapContent/mapItemDetailSelectionAccessory(_:))

Specifies the selection accessory to display for the selected map item content.


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