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Get the bounding box of a GeoJSON object, regardless of how many polygons it contains. The core of this is from http://mikefowler.me/2014/06/10/drawing-geojson-in-a-canvas/
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function getBoundingBox(data) { | |
var bounds = {}, coordinates, point, latitude, longitude; | |
// Loop through each "feature" | |
for (var i = 0; i < data.features.length; i++) { | |
coordinates = data.features[i].geometry.coordinates; | |
if(coordinates.length === 1){ | |
// It's only a single Polygon | |
// For each individual coordinate in this feature's coordinates... | |
for (var j = 0; j < coordinates[0].length; j++) { | |
longitude = coordinates[0][j][0]; | |
latitude = coordinates[0][j][1]; | |
// Update the bounds recursively by comparing the current xMin/xMax and yMin/yMax with the current coordinate | |
bounds.xMin = bounds.xMin < longitude ? bounds.xMin : longitude; | |
bounds.xMax = bounds.xMax > longitude ? bounds.xMax : longitude; | |
bounds.yMin = bounds.yMin < latitude ? bounds.yMin : latitude; | |
bounds.yMax = bounds.yMax > latitude ? bounds.yMax : latitude; | |
} | |
} else { | |
// It's a MultiPolygon | |
// Loop through each coordinate set | |
for (var j = 0; j < coordinates.length; j++) { | |
// For each individual coordinate in this coordinate set... | |
for (var k = 0; k < coordinates[j][0].length; k++) { | |
longitude = coordinates[j][0][k][0]; | |
latitude = coordinates[j][0][k][1]; | |
// Update the bounds recursively by comparing the current xMin/xMax and yMin/yMax with the current coordinate | |
bounds.xMin = bounds.xMin < longitude ? bounds.xMin : longitude; | |
bounds.xMax = bounds.xMax > longitude ? bounds.xMax : longitude; | |
bounds.yMin = bounds.yMin < latitude ? bounds.yMin : latitude; | |
bounds.yMax = bounds.yMax > latitude ? bounds.yMax : latitude; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
// Returns an object that contains the bounds of this GeoJSON data. | |
// The keys describe a box formed by the northwest (xMin, yMin) and southeast (xMax, yMax) coordinates. | |
return bounds; | |
} |
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Watch out, if you have a polygon with holes, the
coordinates.length
will be over 1. You should use thegeometry.type
field to determine if it is Polygon or MultiPolygon. E.g.: https://gist.github.com/andrewharvey/971b9db1900a62efa7635f6a6d337ae7#file-polygon-with-a-hole-geojson