GeoJSON

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GeoJSON is a JSON standard for expressing geometric data, commonly used for expressing locations on earth.

Example

{
  "type": "Feature",
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Point",
    "coordinates": [125.6, 10.1]
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "Dinagat Islands"
  }
}

Tooling

• https://geojson.io/ provides drag-and-drop in-browser support for creating GeoJSON. Select a location on a map and the JSON is populated in the window.
• Leaflet is a tool for rendering maps in javascript
• Github Markdown renders GeoJSON in the repository viewer and in gists and wiki pages.