detect if a point is inside a MKPolygon overlay

Your foundTap method:

-(IBAction)foundTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
    CGPoint point = [recognizer locationInView:self.mapView];

    CLLocationCoordinate2D tapPoint = [self.mapView convertPoint:point toCoordinateFromView:self.view];

    [self pointInsideOverlay:tapPoint];

    if (isInside) 
     {
       ....
     }
}

Here is a method to call from the previous to check if the point is inside the overlay:

-(void)pointInsideOverlay:(CLLocationCoordinate2D )tapPoint 
{
    isInside = FALSE; 

    MKPolygonView *polygonView = (MKPolygonView *)[mapView viewForOverlay:polygonOverlay];

    MKMapPoint mapPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(tapPoint);

    CGPoint polygonViewPoint = [polygonView pointForMapPoint:mapPoint];

    BOOL mapCoordinateIsInPolygon = CGPathContainsPoint(polygonView.path, NULL, polygonViewPoint, NO);

        if ( !mapCoordinateIsInPolygon )

            //we are finding points that are inside the overlay
        {
            isInside = TRUE;
        }
}

I created this MKPolygon category in case anyone wants to use it. Seems to work well. You have to account for the interior polygons (i.e. holes in the polygon):

@interface MKPolygon (PointInPolygon)
  -(BOOL) pointInPolygon:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) point mapView: (MKMapView*) mapView;
@end

@implementation MKPolygon (PointInPolygon)

-(BOOL) pointInPolygon:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) point mapView: (MKMapView*) mapView {
    MKMapPoint mapPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(point);
    MKPolygonView * polygonView = (MKPolygonView*)[mapView viewForOverlay:self];
    CGPoint polygonViewPoint = [polygonView pointForMapPoint:mapPoint];
    return CGPathContainsPoint(polygonView.path, NULL, polygonViewPoint, NO) && 
        ![self pointInInteriorPolygons:point mapView:mapView];
}

-(BOOL) pointInInteriorPolygons:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) point mapView: (MKMapView*) mapView {
    return [self pointInInteriorPolygonIndex:0 point:point mapView:mapView];
}

-(BOOL) pointInInteriorPolygonIndex:(int) index point:(CLLocationCoordinate2D) point mapView: (MKMapView*) mapView {
    if(index >= [self.interiorPolygons count])
        return NO;
    return [[self.interiorPolygons objectAtIndex:index] pointInPolygon:point mapView:mapView] || [self pointInInteriorPolygonIndex:(index+1) point:point mapView:mapView];
}

@end