BrokJSON

Ever struggled with huge GeoJSON-Files? BrokJSON is your space-saving alternative! Depending on your data you can save up to 80%. Withouth losing any data! Why? Because it is based on the same ideas as GeoJSON but reduces redundancies.

The idea behind BrokJSON: RAM is mightier than the bandwidth - download the small BrokJSON and convert it on runtime to GeoJSON than loading a huge GeoJSON.

Have a look at https://www.brokjson.dev!

Example

This GeoJSON with just two Points...

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
  {
    "type": "Feature",
    "properties": {
      "id": 1,
      "title": "Datapoint 1",
      "value": 343
    },
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [8.5402,47.3782]
    }
  },
  {
    "type": "Feature",
    "properties": {
      "id": 1,
      "title": "Datapoint 2",
      "value": 14
    },
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [8.5637,47.4504]
    }
  }]
}

... looks as a BrokJSON like this:

{
  "properties": ["id", "title", "value"],
  "geometries": [{
    "type": "Point",
    "features": [
      [[8.5402, 47.3782], [1, "Datapoint 1", 343]],
      [[8.5637, 47.4504], [1, "Datapoint 2", 14]]
    ]
  }
]}

No information lost, everything is there. Amazing!

Installation

Install via NPM

npm install brokjson

Install standalone

Download build/brokjson.min.js
Add it to your Website

<script src='brokjson.min.js'></script>

Usage

Node

// Include BrokJSON
brok = require('brokjson')
 
// Load your GeoJSON
var geojson = {
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
  {
    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [8.5402,47.3782]
    }
  }]
}
 
// Convert your Json-Object to BrokJson
const brokjson = brok.geo2brok(geojson);
 
// "brokjson" is your BrokJSON as a javascript object
console.log(brokjson)
 
// Convert it back
geojson = brok.brok2geo(brokjson)
console.log(geojson)

JavaScript

<script src='brokjson.min.js'></script>
<script>
  // Load your GeoJSON
  var geojson = {
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [8.5402,47.3782]
      }
    }]
  }
 
  // Convert your Json-Object to BrokJson
  const brokjson = brok.geo2brok(geojson);
 
  // "brokjson" is your BrokJSON as a javascript object
  console.log(brokjson)
 
  // Convert it back
  geojson = brok.brok2geo(brokjson)
  console.log(geojson)
</script> 
 

Documentation

BrokJSON is a lightweight library, there are only two functions.

GeoJSON to BrokJSON

geo2brok(geoJsonObject)

Parameters
GeoJSON as a Javascript-Object

Return value
BrokJSON as a Javascript-Object

BrokJSON to GeoJSON

brok2geo(brokJsonObject)

Parameters
BrokJSON as a Javascript-Object

Return value
GeoJSON as a Javascript-Object

Full Spec and other languages

Have a look at https://www.brokjson.dev