wellknown
Parse Well-Known Text into GeoJSON.
Support
- Point + MultiPoint
- LineString + MultiLineString
- Polygon + MultiPolygon
- GeometryCollection
- 2D, 3D, 4D geometries
cli
install:
$ npm install -g wellknown
use:
$ echo "MultiPoint(0 0, 1 1, 3 3)" | wellknown > multipoint.geojson
usage
this is a node-style module that works in node.js via npm and in browsers via browserify or a standalone package:
npm install:
npm install wellknown
standalone:
wget https://raw.github.com/mapbox/wellknown/master/wellknown.js
api
parse(wkt)
Given WKT as a string, return a GeoJSON geometry object
or null
if parse fails.
example
var parse = require('wellknown');
parse('POINT(1 2)');
See Also
Rant
The 'WKT Standard' is (mis)managed by the OGC, and thus is available on page 52 of this PDF.
Given the inaccessibility of the standard, there are no direct reference to it in this code.