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@turf/helpers
helpers
Units
Linear measurement units.
⚠️ Warning. Be aware of the implications of using radian or degree units to measure distance. The distance represented by a degree of longitude varies depending on latitude.
See https://www.thoughtco.com/degree-of-latitude-and-longitude-distance-4070616 for an illustration of this behaviour.
Type: ("meters" | "metres" | "millimeters" | "millimetres" | "centimeters" | "centimetres" | "kilometers" | "kilometres" | "miles" | "nauticalmiles" | "inches" | "yards" | "feet" | "radians" | "degrees")
AreaUnits
Area measurement units.
Type: (Exclude<Units, ("radians" | "degrees")> | "acres" | "hectares")
Grid
Grid types.
Type: ("point" | "square" | "hex" | "triangle")
Corners
Shorthand corner identifiers.
Type: ("sw" | "se" | "nw" | "ne" | "center" | "centroid")
Lines
Geometries made up of lines i.e. lines and polygons.
Type: (LineString | MultiLineString | Polygon | MultiPolygon)
AllGeoJSON
Convenience type for all possible GeoJSON.
Type: (Feature | FeatureCollection | Geometry | GeometryCollection)
earthRadius
The Earth radius in kilometers. Used by Turf modules that model the Earth as a sphere. The mean radius was selected because it is recommended by the Haversine formula (used by turf/distance) to reduce error.
Type: number
factors
Unit of measurement factors based on earthRadius.
Keys are the name of the unit, values are the number of that unit in a single radian
areaFactors
Area of measurement factors based on 1 square meter.
Type: Record<AreaUnits, number>
feature
Wraps a GeoJSON Geometry in a GeoJSON Feature.
Parameters
-
geom(G | null) -
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
-
geometryGeometryObject input geometry
Examples
var geometry = {
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [110, 50]
};
var feature = turf.feature(geometry);
//=feature
Returns Feature<GeometryObject, GeoJsonProperties> a GeoJSON Feature
geometry
Creates a GeoJSON Geometry from a Geometry string type & coordinates.
For GeometryCollection type use helpers.geometryCollection
Parameters
type("Point"|"LineString"|"Polygon"|"MultiPoint"|"MultiLineString"|"MultiPolygon") Geometry TypecoordinatesArray<any> Coordinates_optionsRecord<string, never> (optional, default{})optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})
Examples
var type = "Point";
var coordinates = [110, 50];
var geometry = turf.geometry(type, coordinates);
// => geometry
Returns Geometry a GeoJSON Geometry
point
Creates a Point Feature from a Position.
Parameters
-
coordinatesPosition longitude, latitude position (each in decimal degrees) -
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var point = turf.point([-75.343, 39.984]);
//=point
Returns Feature<Point, GeoJsonProperties> a Point feature
points
Creates a Point FeatureCollection from an Array of Point coordinates.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties Translate these properties to each Feature (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the FeatureCollectionoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the FeatureCollection
Examples
var points = turf.points([
[-75, 39],
[-80, 45],
[-78, 50]
]);
//=points
Returns FeatureCollection<Point> Point Feature
polygon
Creates a Polygon Feature from an Array of LinearRings.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var polygon = turf.polygon([[[-5, 52], [-4, 56], [-2, 51], [-7, 54], [-5, 52]]], { name: 'poly1' });
//=polygon
Returns Feature<Polygon, GeoJsonProperties> Polygon Feature
polygons
Creates a Polygon FeatureCollection from an Array of Polygon coordinates.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the FeatureCollection
Examples
var polygons = turf.polygons([
[[[-5, 52], [-4, 56], [-2, 51], [-7, 54], [-5, 52]]],
[[[-15, 42], [-14, 46], [-12, 41], [-17, 44], [-15, 42]]],
]);
//=polygons
Returns FeatureCollection<Polygon, GeoJsonProperties> Polygon FeatureCollection
lineString
Creates a LineString Feature from an Array of Positions.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var linestring1 = turf.lineString([[-24, 63], [-23, 60], [-25, 65], [-20, 69]], {name: 'line 1'});
var linestring2 = turf.lineString([[-14, 43], [-13, 40], [-15, 45], [-10, 49]], {name: 'line 2'});
//=linestring1
//=linestring2
Returns Feature<LineString, GeoJsonProperties> LineString Feature
lineStrings
Creates a LineString FeatureCollection from an Array of LineString coordinates.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the FeatureCollectionoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the FeatureCollection
Examples
var linestrings = turf.lineStrings([
[[-24, 63], [-23, 60], [-25, 65], [-20, 69]],
[[-14, 43], [-13, 40], [-15, 45], [-10, 49]]
]);
//=linestrings
Returns FeatureCollection<LineString, GeoJsonProperties> LineString FeatureCollection
featureCollection
Takes one or more Features and creates a FeatureCollection.
Parameters
-
featuresArray<Feature<GeometryObject, GeoJsonProperties>> input features -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var locationA = turf.point([-75.343, 39.984], {name: 'Location A'});
var locationB = turf.point([-75.833, 39.284], {name: 'Location B'});
var locationC = turf.point([-75.534, 39.123], {name: 'Location C'});
var collection = turf.featureCollection([
locationA,
locationB,
locationC
]);
//=collection
Returns FeatureCollection<GeometryObject, GeoJsonProperties> FeatureCollection of Features
multiLineString
Creates a Feature<MultiLineString> based on a coordinate array. Properties can be added optionally.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var multiLine = turf.multiLineString([[[0,0],[10,10]]]);
//=multiLine
- Throws Error if no coordinates are passed
Returns Feature<MultiLineString, GeoJsonProperties> a MultiLineString feature
multiPoint
Creates a Feature<MultiPoint> based on a coordinate array. Properties can be added optionally.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var multiPt = turf.multiPoint([[0,0],[10,10]]);
//=multiPt
- Throws Error if no coordinates are passed
Returns Feature<MultiPoint, GeoJsonProperties> a MultiPoint feature
multiPolygon
Creates a Feature<MultiPolygon> based on a coordinate array. Properties can be added optionally.
Parameters
-
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var multiPoly = turf.multiPolygon([[[[0,0],[0,10],[10,10],[10,0],[0,0]]]]);
//=multiPoly
- Throws Error if no coordinates are passed
Returns Feature<MultiPolygon, GeoJsonProperties> a multipolygon feature
geometryCollection
Creates a Feature based on a coordinate array. Properties can be added optionally.
Parameters
-
geometriesArray<(Point | LineString | Polygon | MultiPoint | MultiLineString | MultiPolygon)> an array of GeoJSON Geometries -
propertiesGeoJsonProperties an Object of key-value pairs to add as properties (optional, default{}) -
optionsObject Optional Parameters (optional, default{})options.bboxBBox? Bounding Box Array [west, south, east, north] associated with the Featureoptions.idId? Identifier associated with the Feature
Examples
var pt = turf.geometry("Point", [100, 0]);
var line = turf.geometry("LineString", [[101, 0], [102, 1]]);
var collection = turf.geometryCollection([pt, line]);
// => collection
Returns Feature<GeometryCollection, GeoJsonProperties> a GeoJSON GeometryCollection Feature
round
Round number to precision
Parameters
Examples
turf.round(120.4321)
//=120
turf.round(120.4321, 2)
//=120.43
Returns number rounded number
radiansToLength
Convert a distance measurement (assuming a spherical Earth) from radians to a more friendly unit. Valid units: miles, nauticalmiles, inches, yards, meters, metres, kilometers, centimeters, feet
Parameters
radiansnumber in radians across the sphereunitsUnits can be degrees, radians, miles, inches, yards, metres, meters, kilometres, kilometers. (optional, default"kilometers")
Returns number distance
lengthToRadians
Convert a distance measurement (assuming a spherical Earth) from a real-world unit into radians Valid units: miles, nauticalmiles, inches, yards, meters, metres, kilometers, centimeters, feet
Parameters
distancenumber in real unitsunitsUnits can be degrees, radians, miles, inches, yards, metres, meters, kilometres, kilometers. (optional, default"kilometers")
Returns number radians
lengthToDegrees
Convert a distance measurement (assuming a spherical Earth) from a real-world unit into degrees Valid units: miles, nauticalmiles, inches, yards, meters, metres, centimeters, kilometres, feet
Parameters
distancenumber in real unitsunitsUnits can be degrees, radians, miles, inches, yards, metres, meters, kilometres, kilometers. (optional, default"kilometers")
Returns number degrees
bearingToAzimuth
Converts any bearing angle from the north line direction (positive clockwise) and returns an angle between 0-360 degrees (positive clockwise), 0 being the north line
Parameters
bearingnumber angle, between -180 and +180 degrees
Returns number angle between 0 and 360 degrees
azimuthToBearing
Converts any azimuth angle from the north line direction (positive clockwise) and returns an angle between -180 and +180 degrees (positive clockwise), 0 being the north line
Parameters
anglenumber between 0 and 360 degrees
Returns number bearing between -180 and +180 degrees
radiansToDegrees
Converts an angle in radians to degrees
Parameters
radiansnumber angle in radians
Returns number degrees between 0 and 360 degrees
degreesToRadians
Converts an angle in degrees to radians
Parameters
degreesnumber angle between 0 and 360 degrees
Returns number angle in radians
convertLength
Converts a length from one unit to another.
Parameters
lengthnumber Length to be convertedoriginalUnitUnits Input length unit (optional, default"kilometers")finalUnitUnits Returned length unit (optional, default"kilometers")
Returns number The converted length
convertArea
Converts an area from one unit to another.
Parameters
areanumber Area to be convertedoriginalUnitAreaUnits Input area unit (optional, default"meters")finalUnitAreaUnits Returned area unit (optional, default"kilometers")
Returns number The converted length
isNumber
isNumber
Parameters
numany Number to validate
Examples
turf.isNumber(123)
//=true
turf.isNumber('foo')
//=false
Returns boolean true/false
isObject
isObject
Parameters
inputany variable to validate
Examples
turf.isObject({elevation: 10})
//=true
turf.isObject('foo')
//=false
Returns boolean true/false, including false for Arrays and Functions
This module is part of the Turfjs project, an open source module collection dedicated to geographic algorithms. It is maintained in the Turfjs/turf repository, where you can create PRs and issues.
Installation
Install this single module individually:
$ npm install @turf/helpers
Or install the all-encompassing @turf/turf module that includes all modules as functions:
$ npm install @turf/turf