Datatypes

GeoJSON geometry

ID geojson

DatatypeNot PIIDraft

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Geometry, feature or feature collection written in GeoJSON (RFC 7946), the JSON format for geographic data. Positions are longitude first, then latitude, in WGS 84.

Categories
Geographic identifiers
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
FTA
SPATIAL.GEOJSON
Quality
100/100
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
csv-detective, FTA (Fast Text Analysis)

Regular expression

^\{.*"type"\s*:\s*"(?:Point|MultiPoint|LineString|MultiLineString|Polygon|MultiPolygon|GeometryCollection|Feature|FeatureCollection)".*\}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
{"type": "Point", "coordinates": [30.5234, 50.4501]}a point (longitude, latitude)
{"type": "LineString", "coordinates": [[30.0, 10.0], [10.0, 30.0], [40.0, 40.0]]}a line
POINT (30.5234 50.4501) invalidWKT, not GeoJSON

Child datatypes

IDNameCategoriesCountriesDescription
geo_shape Opendatasoft geographic shape (geo_shape) draft geo global Geometry stored in the geo_shape field type of the Opendatasoft data platform (now Huwise), which runs many French and other European...

Translations

LanguageNameDescription
RussianГеометрия GeoJSON

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