GeoJSON - Json format

GeoJSON is a json format created in 2008.

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GeoJSON is an open standard format designed for representing simple geographical features, along with their non-spatial attributes. It is based on JSON, the JavaScript Object Notation. The features include points (therefore addresses and locations), line strings (therefore streets, highways and boundaries), polygons (countries, provinces, tracts of land), and multi-part collections of these types. Read more on Wikipedia...

Tags: jsonFormat
Early development of GeoJSON happened in Planet Labs and Mapbox and Hobu Inc and Cadcorp
geojson.org was registered in 2007
See also: (2 related languages) JSON, Julia
Read more about GeoJSON on the web: 1.

Example from Wikipedia:

{
  "type":"Topology",
  "transform":{
    "scale": [1,1],
    "translate": [0,0]
  },
  "objects":{
    "two-squares":{
      "type": "GeometryCollection",
      "geometries":[
        {"type": "Polygon", "arcs":[[0,1]],"properties": {"name": "Left_Polygon" }},
        {"type": "Polygon", "arcs":[[2,-1]],"properties": {"name": "Right_Polygon" }}
      ]
    },
    "one-line": {
      "type":"GeometryCollection",
      "geometries":[
        {"type": "LineString", "arcs": [3],"properties":{"name":"Under_LineString"}}
      ]
    },
    "two-places":{
      "type":"GeometryCollection",
      "geometries":[
        {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,0],"properties":{"name":"Origine_Point"}},
        {"type":"Point","coordinates":[0,-1],"properties":{"name":"Under_Point"}}
      ]
    }
  },
  "arcs": [
    [[1,2],[0,-2]],
    [[1,0],[-1,0],[0,2],[1,0]],
    [[1,2],[1,0],[0,-2],[-1,0]],
    [[0,-1],[2,0]]
  ]
}