Independent                                                    H. Butler
Internet-Draft                                                 Hobu Inc.
Intended status: Informational                                   M. Daly
Expires: January 19, 2016                                        Cadcorp
                                                                A. Doyle
                                                                     MIT
                                                              S. Gillies
                                                             Mapbox Inc.
                                                               T. Schaub
                                                             Planet Labs
                                                                S. Hagen

                                                           July 18, 2015


                           The GeoJSON Format
                        draft-butler-geojson-06

Abstract

   GeoJSON is a geospatial data interchange format based on JavaScript
   Object Notation (JSON).  It defines several types of JSON objects and
   the manner in which they are combined to represent data about
   geographic features, their properties, and their spatial extents.
   This document recommends a single coordinate reference system based
   on WGS 84.  Other coordinate reference systems are not recommended.

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Copyright Notice

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.2.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.3.  Specification of GeoJSON  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.4.  Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.5.  Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  GeoJSON Object  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.1.  Geometry Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.1.1.  Position  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.1.2.  Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.3.  MultiPoint  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.4.  LineString  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.5.  MultiLineString . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.6.  Polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       2.1.7.  MultiPolygon  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       2.1.8.  Geometry Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     2.2.  Feature Object  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     2.3.  Feature Collection Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   3.  Coordinate Reference System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   4.  Bounding Box  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   6.  Interoperability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.1.  I-JSON  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.2.  Coordinate Precision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.3.  Coordinate Order  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.4.  Coordinate Reference System Identifiers . . . . . . . . .  11
     6.5.  Bounding boxes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13



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   Appendix A.  Geometry Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     A.1.  Points  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     A.2.  LineStrings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     A.3.  Polygons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     A.4.  MultiPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     A.5.  MultiLineStrings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     A.6.  MultiPolygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     A.7.  GeometryCollections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   Appendix B.  Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

1.  Introduction

   GeoJSON is a format for encoding data about geographic features using
   JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) [RFC7159].  The format is concerned
   with features in the broadest sense; any thing with qualities that
   are bounded in geographical space may be a feature whether it is a
   physical structure or not.  The concepts in GeoJSON are not new; they
   are derived from pre-existing open geographic information system
   standards (for COM, SQL, and XML) and have been streamlined to better
   suit web application development using JSON.

   GeoJSON comprises the seven concrete geometry types defined in the
   OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL [SFSQL]:
   0-dimensional Point and MultiPoint; 1-dimensional curve LineString
   and MultiLineString; 2-dimensional surface Polygon and MultiPolygon;
   and the heterogeneous GeometryCollection.  GeoJSON representations of
   instances of these geometry types are analogous to the well-known
   binary (WKB) and text (WKT) representations described in that same
   specification.

   GeoJSON also comprises the types Feature and FeatureCollection.
   Feature objects in GeoJSON contain a geometry object with one of the
   above geometry types and additional properties.  A FeatureCollection
   object contains an array of feature objects.  This structure is
   analogous to that of the Web Feature Service (WFS) response to
   GetFeatures requests specified in [WFSv1] or to a KML Folder of
   Placemarks [KMLv2.2].  Some implementations of the WFS specification
   also provide GeoJSON formatted responses to GetFeature requests, but
   there is no particular service model or feature type ontology implied
   in the GeoJSON format specification.

   Since its initial publication in 2008 [GJ2008], the GeoJSON format
   specification has steadily grown in popularity.  It is widely used in
   JavaScript web mapping libraries, JSON-based document databases, and
   web APIs.





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1.1.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
   [RFC2119].

1.2.  Conventions Used in This Document

   The ordering of the members of any JSON object defined in this
   document MUST be considered irrelevant, as specified by [RFC7159].

   Some examples use the combination of a JavaScript single line comment
   (//) followed by an ellipsis (...) as placeholder notation for
   content deemed irrelevant by the authors.  These placeholders must of
   course be deleted or otherwise replaced, before attempting to
   validate the corresponding JSON code example.

   Whitespace is used in the examples inside this document to help
   illustrate the data structures, but is not required.  Unquoted
   whitespace is not significant in JSON.

1.3.  Specification of GeoJSON

   This document updates the original GeoJSON format specification
   [GJ2008].

1.4.  Definitions

   o  JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and the terms object, name,
      value, array, number, true, false, and null are to be interpreted
      as defined in [RFC7159].

   o  Inside this document the term "geometry type" refers to the seven
      case-sensitive strings: "Point", "MultiPoint", "LineString",
      "MultiLineString", "Polygon", "MultiPolygon", and
      "GeometryCollection".

   o  As another shorthand notation, the term "GeoJSON types" refers to
      the nine case-sensitive strings "Feature", "FeatureCollection" and
      the geometry types listed above.

1.5.  Example

   A GeoJSON feature collection:






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   {
       "type": "FeatureCollection",
       "features": [{
           "type": "Feature",
           "geometry": {
               "type": "Point",
               "coordinates": [102.0, 0.5]
           },
           "properties": {
               "prop0": "value0"
           }
       }, {
           "type": "Feature",
           "geometry": {
               "type": "LineString",
               "coordinates": [
                   [102.0, 0.0],
                   [103.0, 1.0],
                   [104.0, 0.0],
                   [105.0, 1.0]
               ]
           },
           "properties": {
               "prop0": "value0",
               "prop1": 0.0
           }
       }, {
           "type": "Feature",
           "geometry": {
               "type": "Polygon",
               "coordinates": [
                   [
                       [100.0, 0.0],
                       [101.0, 0.0],
                       [101.0, 1.0],
                       [100.0, 1.0],
                       [100.0, 0.0]
                   ]
               ]
           },
           "properties": {
               "prop0": "value0",
               "prop1": {
                   "this": "that"
               }
           }
       }]
   }



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2.  GeoJSON Object

   GeoJSON always consists of a single object.  This object (referred to
   as the GeoJSON object below) represents a geometry, feature, or
   collection of features.

   o  The top level of GeoJSON text MUST be a JSON object.

   o  The GeoJSON object MUST have a member with the name "type".  The
      value of the member MUST be one of the GeoJSON types.

   o  A GeoJSON object MAY have a "bbox" member, the value of which MUST
      be a bounding box array (see 4.  Bounding Boxes).

   o  The GeoJSON object MAY have any number of other members.
      Implementations MUST ignore unrecognized members.

2.1.  Geometry Object

   A geometry object is a GeoJSON object where the "type" value is one
   of the geometry types.  A GeoJSON geometry object of any type other
   than "GeometryCollection" MUST have a member with the name
   "coordinates".  The value of the coordinates member is always an
   array.  The structure of the elements in this array is determined by
   the type of geometry.  GeoJSON processors MAY interpret geometry
   objects with empty coordinates arrays as null objects.

2.1.1.  Position

   A position is the fundamental geometry construct.  The "coordinates"
   member of a geometry object is composed of either:

   o  one position (in the case of a Point geometry),

   o  an array of positions (LineString or MultiPoint geometries),

   o  an array of arrays of positions (Polygons, MultiLineStrings),

   o  or a multidimensional array of positions (MultiPolygon).

   A position is represented by an array of numbers.  There MUST be two
   or more elements.  The first two elements will be longitude and
   latitude, or easting and northing, precisely in that order and using
   decimal numbers.  Altitude or elevation MAY be included as an
   optional third element.

   Additional position elements MAY be included but MUST follow the
   three specified above and MAY be ignored by software.  Interpretation



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   and meaning of additional elements is beyond the scope of this
   specification.

   Examples of positions and geometries are provided in "Appendix A.
   Geometry Examples".

2.1.2.  Point

   For type "Point", the "coordinates" member MUST be a single position.

2.1.3.  MultiPoint

   For type "MultiPoint", the "coordinates" member MUST be an array of
   positions.

2.1.4.  LineString

   For type "LineString", the "coordinates" member MUST be an array of
   two or more positions.

2.1.5.  MultiLineString

   For type "MultiLineString", the "coordinates" member MUST be an array
   of LineString coordinate arrays.

2.1.6.  Polygon

   To specify a constraint specific to polygons, it is useful to
   introduce the concept of a linear ring:

   o  A linear ring is a closed LineString with 4 or more positions.

   o  The first and last positions are equivalent (they represent
      equivalent points).

   o  A linear ring is the boundary of a surface or the boundary of a
      hole in a surface.

   o  A linear ring SHOULD follow right-hand rule with respect to the
      area it bounds (ie. exterior rings are counter-clockwise, holes
      are clockwise)

   Though a linear ring is not explicitly represented as a GeoJSON
   geometry type, it leads to a canonical formulation of the Polygon
   geometry type definition as follows:

   o  For type "Polygon", the "coordinates" member MUST be an array of
      linear ring coordinate arrays.



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   o  For Polygons with more than one of these rings, the first MUST be
      the exterior ring and any others MUST be interior rings.  The
      exterior ring bounds the surface and the interiors rings (if
      present) bound holes within the surface.

2.1.7.  MultiPolygon

   For type "MultiPolygon", the "coordinates" member MUST be an array of
   Polygon coordinate arrays.

2.1.8.  Geometry Collection

   A GeoJSON object with type "GeometryCollection" is a geometry object
   which represents a collection of geometry objects.  A geometry
   collection MUST have a member with the name "geometries".  The value
   corresponding to "geometries" is an array.  Each element in this
   array is a GeoJSON geometry object.

2.2.  Feature Object

   A GeoJSON object with the type "Feature" is a feature object.

   o  A feature object MUST have a member with the name "geometry".  The
      value of the geometry member SHALL be either a geometry object as
      defined above or, in the the case that the feature is unlocated, a
      JSON null value.

   o  A feature object MUST have a member with the name "properties".
      The value of the properties member is an object (any JSON object
      or a JSON null value).

   o  If a feature has a commonly used identifier, that identifier
      SHOULD be included as a member of the feature object with the name
      "id" and the value of this member is either a JSON string or
      number.

2.3.  Feature Collection Object

   A GeoJSON object with the type "FeatureCollection" is a feature
   collection object.  An object of type "FeatureCollection" MUST have a
   member with the name "features".  The value corresponding to
   "features" is an array.  Each element in the array is a feature
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3.  Coordinate Reference System

   The default reference system for all GeoJSON coordinates SHALL be a
   geographic coordinate reference system, using the [WGS84] datum, and
   with longitude and latitude units of decimal degrees.  This
   coordinate reference system is equivalent to the OGC's "http://
   www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84" [OGCURL].  An OPTIONAL third
   position element SHALL be the height in meters above the WGS 84
   reference ellipsoid.  For widest interoperability, GeoJSON data
   SHOULD use this default coordinate reference system.

   Other coordinate reference systems, including ones described by CRS
   objects of the kind defined in [GJ2008] are NOT RECOMMENDED.  GeoJSON
   processing software SHALL NOT be expected to have access to
   coordinate reference systems databases.  Applications requiring CRS
   other than the default MUST assume all responsibility for reference
   system and coordinate accuracy.  Furthermore, GeoJSON coordinates
   MUST NOT under any circumstances use latitude, longitude order.  See
   Section 6, Interoperability Considerations, for guidance in
   processing GeoJSON documents that do contain such a CRS object.

4.  Bounding Box

   A GeoJSON object MAY have a member named "bbox" to include
   information on the coordinate range for its geometries, features, or
   feature collections.  The value of the bbox member MUST be an array
   of length 2*n where n is the number of dimensions represented in the
   contained geometries, with all axes of the most south-westerly point
   followed by all axes of the more north-easterly point.  The axes
   order of a bbox follows the axes order of geometries.

   Example of a bbox member on a feature:



















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   {
       "type": "Feature",
       "bbox": [-180.0, -90.0, 180.0, 90.0],
       "geometry": {
           "type": "Polygon",
           "coordinates": [
               [
                   [-180.0, 10.0],
                   [20.0, 90.0],
                   [180.0, -5.0],
                   [-30.0, -90.0]
               ]
           ]
       }
       //...
   }

   Example of a bbox member on a feature collection:

   {
       "type": "FeatureCollection",
       "bbox": [100.0, 0.0, 105.0, 1.0],
       "features": [
       //...
       ]
   }

   Example of a bbox for line crossing the date-line:

   {
       "type": "Feature",
       "bbox": [170, 10, -170, 11],
       "geometry": {
           "type": "LineString",
           "coordinates": [
               [-170, 10],
               [170, 11]
           ]
       }
       //...
   }

5.  Security Considerations

   GeoJSON shares security issues common to all JSON content types.  See
   [RFC7159] Section 12 for additional information.  GeoJSON does not
   provide executable content.




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   As with other geographic data formats, e.g., [KMLv2.2], providing
   details about the locations of sensitive persons, animals, habitats,
   and facilities can expose them to unauthorized tracking or injury.
   GeoJSON does not provide privacy or integrity services; if sensitive
   data requires privacy or integrity protection the service must be
   provided externally.

6.  Interoperability Considerations

6.1.  I-JSON

   GeoJSON texts SHOULD follow the constraints of I-JSON [RFC7493] for
   maximum interoperability.

6.2.  Coordinate Precision

   The size of a GeoJSON text in bytes is a major interoperability
   consideration and precision of coordinate values has a large impact
   on the size of texts.  A GeoJSON text containing many detailed
   polygons can be inflated almost by a factor of two by increasing
   coordinate precision from 6 to 15 decimal places.  For geographic
   coordinates with units of degrees, 6 decimal places (a default common
   in, e.g., sprintf) amounts to about 10 centimeters, a precision well
   within that of current GPS systems.  Implementations should consider
   the cost to using a greater precision than necessary.

6.3.  Coordinate Order

   There are conflicting precedents among geographic data formats over
   whether latitude or longitude come first in a pair of numbers.
   Longitude comes first in GeoJSON coordinates as it does in [KMLv2.2].

   Some commonly-used CRS definitions specify coordinate ordering that
   is not longitude then latitude (for a geographic CRS) or easting then
   northing (for a projected CRS).  The CRS historically known as
   "EPSG:4326" and more accurately named "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs
   /EPSG/0/4326" is a prime example.  Using such a CRS is NOT
   RECOMMENDED due to the potential disruption of interoperability.
   When such a CRS is encountered in GeoJSON, the document should be
   processed with caution.  Heuristics may be necessary to interpret the
   coordinates properly; they may not be in the required longitude,
   latitude order.

6.4.  Coordinate Reference System Identifiers

   Earlier versions of the GeoJSON specification recommended use of OGC
   URNs such as "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84" to name a CRS.  This
   version deprecates the URNs and recommends a change to HTTP URLs



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   [Section 3.1].  Widely deployed systems using, e.g. the GDAL and OGR
   libraries, currently write the deprecated OGC URNs into GeoJSON
   documents and will do so until replaced by newer versions.  GeoJSON
   processors should be prepared for either form.

6.5.  Bounding boxes

   In representing features that cross the dateline or the poles,
   following the ring-orientation best practice (counter-clockwise
   external rings, clockwise internal rings) and ensuring your bounding
   boxes use the south-west corner as the first coordinate will improve
   interoperability.  Remain aware that software that represents edges
   as straight cartesian lines and software that represents edges as
   great circles will have different interpretations of edges, which
   vary more the longer the edges are.  Try to avoid edges of more than
   180 degrees in length as far as possible.

7.  IANA Considerations

   The MIME media type for GeoJSON text is application/vnd.geo+json.

   Type name: application

   Subtype name: vnd.geo+json

   Required parameters: n/a

   Optional parameters: n/a

   Encoding considerations: binary

   Security considerations: See section 5 above

   Interoperability considerations: See section 6 above

   Published specification: draft-butler-geojson

   Applications that use this media type: various

   Additional information:

      Magic number(s) : n/a

      File extension(s) : .json, .geojson

      Macintosh file type code : TEXT

      Object Identifiers: n/a



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   Person to contact for further information:

      Sean Gillies

      sean.gillies@gmail.com

   Intended usage: COMMON

   Restrictions on usage: none

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC7159]  Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
              Interchange Format", RFC 7159, DOI 10.17487/RFC7159, March
              2014, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7159>.

   [RFC7493]  Bray, T., Ed., "The I-JSON Message Format", RFC 7493, DOI
              10.17487/RFC7493, March 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7493>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [GJ2008]   Butler, H., Daly, M., Doyle, A., Gillies, S., Schaub, T.,
              and C. Schmidt, "The GeoJSON Format Specification", June
              2008.

   [KMLv2.2]  Wilson, T., "OGC KML", OGC 07-147r2, April 2008.

   [OGCURL]   Cox, S., "OGC-NA Name type specification - definitions:
              Part 1 - basic name", OGC 09-048r3, March 2010.

   [SFSQL]    OpenGIS Consortium, Inc., "OpenGIS Simple Features
              Specification For SQL Revision 1.1", OGC 99-049, May 1999.

   [WFSv1]    Vretanos, P., "Web Feature Service Implementation
              Specification", OGC 02-058, May 2002.

   [WGS84]    National Imagery and Mapping Agency, "Department of
              Defense World Geodetic System 1984, Third Edition", 1984.







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Appendix A.  Geometry Examples

   Each of the examples below represents a valid and complete GeoJSON
   object.

A.1.  Points

   Point coordinates are in x, y order (easting, northing for projected
   coordinates, longitude, latitude for geographic coordinates):

     {
         "type": "Point",
         "coordinates": [100.0, 0.0]
     }

A.2.  LineStrings

   Coordinates of LineString are an array of positions (see "2.1.1.
   Position"):

     {
         "type": "LineString",
         "coordinates": [
             [100.0, 0.0],
             [101.0, 1.0]
         ]
     }

A.3.  Polygons

   Coordinates of a Polygon are an array of LinearRing (cf.  "2.1.6
   Polygon") coordinate arrays.  The first element in the array
   represents the exterior ring.  Any subsequent elements represent
   interior rings (or holes).

   No holes:















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     {
         "type": "Polygon",
         "coordinates": [
             [
                 [100.0, 0.0],
                 [101.0, 0.0],
                 [101.0, 1.0],
                 [100.0, 1.0],
                 [100.0, 0.0]
             ]
         ]
     }

   With holes:

     {
         "type": "Polygon",
         "coordinates": [
             [
                 [100.0, 0.0],
                 [101.0, 0.0],
                 [101.0, 1.0],
                 [100.0, 1.0],
                 [100.0, 0.0]
             ],
             [
                 [100.8, 0.8],
                 [100.8, 0.2],
                 [100.2, 0.2],
                 [100.2, 0.8],
                 [100.8, 0.8]
             ]
         ]
     }

   With hole crossing dateline:















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     {
         "type": "Polygon",
         "coordinates": [
             [
                 [-170.0, 10.0],
                 [170.0, 10.0],
                 [170.0, -10.0],
                 [-170.0, -10.0],
                 [-170.0, 10.0]
             ],
             [
                 [175.0, 5.0],
                 [-175.0, 5.0],
                 [-175.0, -5.0],
                 [175.0, -5.0],
                 [175.0, 5.0]
             ]
         ]
     }

A.4.  MultiPoints

   Coordinates of a MultiPoint are an array of positions::

     {
         "type": "MultiPoint",
         "coordinates": [
             [100.0, 0.0],
             [101.0, 1.0]
         ]
     }

A.5.  MultiLineStrings

   Coordinates of a MultiLineString are an array of LineString
   coordinate arrays:















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     {
         "type": "MultiLineString",
         "coordinates": [
             [
                 [100.0, 0.0],
                 [101.0, 1.0]
             ],
             [
                 [102.0, 2.0],
                 [103.0, 3.0]
             ]
         ]
     }

A.6.  MultiPolygons

   Coordinates of a MultiPolygon are an array of Polygon coordinate
   arrays:

































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     {
         "type": "MultiPolygon",
         "coordinates": [
             [
                 [
                     [102.0, 2.0],
                     [103.0, 2.0],
                     [103.0, 3.0],
                     [102.0, 3.0],
                     [102.0, 2.0]
                 ]
             ],
             [
                 [
                     [100.0, 0.0],
                     [101.0, 0.0],
                     [101.0, 1.0],
                     [100.0, 1.0],
                     [100.0, 0.0]
                 ],
                 [
                     [100.2, 0.2],
                     [100.8, 0.2],
                     [100.8, 0.8],
                     [100.2, 0.8],
                     [100.2, 0.2]
                 ]
             ]
         ]
     }

A.7.  GeometryCollections

   Each element in the geometries array of a GeometryCollection is one
   of the geometry objects described above:
















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     {
         "type": "GeometryCollection",
         "geometries": [{
             "type": "Point",
             "coordinates": [100.0, 0.0]
         }, {
             "type": "LineString",
             "coordinates": [
                 [101.0, 0.0],
                 [102.0, 1.0]
             ]
         }]
     }

Appendix B.  Contributors

   The GeoJSON format is the product of discussion on the GeoJSON
   mailing list: http://lists.geojson.org/listinfo.cgi/geojson-
   geojson.org.

   Comments are solicited and should be addressed to the GeoJSON mailing
   list at geojson@lists.geojson.org or to the GeoJSON issue tracker at
   https://github.com/geojson/draft-geojson/issues.

Authors' Addresses

   H. Butler
   Hobu Inc.


   M. Daly
   Cadcorp


   A. Doyle
   MIT


   S. Gillies
   Mapbox Inc.

   Email: sean.gillies@gmail.com
   URI:   http://sgillies.net


   T. Schaub
   Planet Labs




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   S. Hagen
   Rheinaustr. 62
   Bonn  53225
   DE

   Email: stefan@hagen.link
   URI:   http://stefan-hagen.website/












































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