poly

Small utility library of convenient polygon functions used for geojson project.

These library functions all take either a GeoJSON polygon or multipolygon feature or take a bare set of points (in the same basic format as either the GeoJSON polygon). Look to the reference but basically, a polygon is an array whose first member is the outer ring and subsequent members are the internal holes.

A multipolygon is just an array of polygons.

A ring is an array of points. The array should be at least 4 points long and the first and last points should be equal.

A point is an array of lon, lat (that is, x, y).

Earth Radius

export declare const EARTH_RADIUS = 6371000;

polyNormalize

export declare function polyNormalize(poly: any): any;

Used internally to normalize the input for subsequent processing. Exposed if you want to be consistent. The result is either null or the points array in multi-polygon format.

polyArea

export declare function polyArea(poly: any): number;

Compute the area of the polygon in meters squared.

polyPerimeter

export declare function polyPerimeter(poly: any): number;

Compute the perimeter of a polygon in meters.

Circle class

export declare class Circle { x: number; y: number; r: number; constructor(x: number, y: number, r: number); }

Used for subsequent functions.

polyToCircle

export declare function polyToCircle(poly: any): Circle | null;

Return smallest circle that encloses all points.

polyToPolsbyPopperCircle

export declare function polyToPolsbyPopperCircle(poly: any): Circle | null;

Returns circle whose perimeter is equal to the perimeter of the bounding perimeter of the polygon.

polyFromCircle

export declare function polyFromCircle(c: Circle, nSegments?: number): any;

Return a polygon (in normalized form) that approximates the circle provided. NSegments specifies the number of segments to use (must be at least 8).

polyConvexHull

export declare function polyConvexHull(poly: any): any;

A.M. Andrew's monotone chain 2D convex hull algorithm.

Compactness Description

export interface CompactnessDescription { value: number; reock: number; polsby_popper: number; convex_hull: number; schwartzberg: number; }

Type returned from polyCompactness function.

polyCompactness

export declare function polyCompactness(poly: any): CompactnessDescription;

Compute the compactness of the polygon.

PolyDescription

export interface PolyDescription { npoly: number; nhole: number; npoint: number; }

Type returned from polyDescribe.

polyDescribe

export declare function polyDescribe(poly: any): PolyDescription;

Describe the given polygon.