mongodb-geojson-normalize

GeoJSON normalization for mongoDB. Convert an array of documents with geospatial information (2dsphere only) into a GeoJSON feature collection.

Installation

For node, use npm: $ npm install mongodb-geojson-normalize

Getting Started

In node, var GeoJSON = require('mongodb-geojson-normalize');

Example Usage

The library has one method, parse, which takes an array of objects with geometry data as the first parameter, an object consisting of settings for the second parameter, and an optional callback function as the third parameter. If a callback is not specified, the parse function returns the GeoJSON output.

Take the example data below:

var data = [
{ "reference" : "RKJ092", "location" : "George St",
"geom" : { "coordinates" : [ 151.2034, -33.8851 ], "type" : "Point" } }, 
{ "reference" : "GHT078", "location" : "Market Pl",
"geom" : { "coordinates" : [ 151.2034, -33.8850 ], "type" : "Point" }	}
];

Convert it to GeoJSON:

var output = GeoJSON.parse(data, {path:'geom'});
 
  { 
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [
      { 
                "type": "Feature",
                "geometry": { 
                    "coordinates" : [ 151.2034, -33.8851 ], 
                    "type" : "Point" 
                },
                "properties": {
                    "reference" : "RKJ092", 
                    "location" : "George St"
                }
            }, { 
                "type": "Feature",
                "geometry": { 
                    "coordinates" : [ 151.2034, -33.8850 ]
                    "type" : "Point" 
                },
                "properties": {
                    "reference" : "GHT078", 
                    "location" : "Market Pl"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
 

Convert the example data to GeoJSON, and only include the reference attribute in properties for each feature.

var ouput = GeoJSON.parse(data, {path: 'geom', include: ['reference']});
 
{ 
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [
      { 
                "type": "Feature",
                "geometry": { 
                    "coordinates" : [ 151.2034, -33.8851 ], 
                    "type" : "Point" 
                },
                "properties": {
                    "reference" : "RKJ092"
                }
            }, { 
                "type": "Feature",
                "geometry": { 
                    "coordinates" : [ 151.2034, -33.8850 ]
                    "type" : "Point" 
                },
                "properties": {
                    "reference" : "GHT078"
                }
            }
        ]
    }

You can specify a callback function as an option third parameter.

GeoJSON.parse(data, {path: 'geom'}, function(geojson) {
    console.log(geojson);
});

Parameters

Geometry

The path parameter specifies which attribute contains the geometric data (where the 2dsphere is).

include/exclude

Depending on which makes more sense for the data that is being parsed, either specify an array of attributes to include or exclude in properties for each feature. If neither include nor exclude is set, all the attributes (besides the attributes containing the geometry data) will be added to feature properties.

• include - Array of attributes to include in properties for each feature. All other fields will be ignored.
• exclude - Array of attributes that shouldn't be included in feature properties. All other attributes will be added (besides geometry attributes)

License

Licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2014 Guillaume de Boyer

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