Library to provide basic geospatial operations like distance calculation, conversion of decimal coordinates to sexagesimal and vice versa, etc.
npm install geolib
Calculates the distance between two geo coordinates
Takes 2 or 4 arguments. First 2 arguments must be objects that each have latitude and longitude properties (e.g. {latitude: 52.518611, longitude: 13.408056}). Coordinates can be in sexagesimal or decimal format. 3rd argument is accuracy (in meters). So a calculated distance of 1248 meters with an accuracy of 100 is returned as 1200 (accuracy 10 = 1250 etc.). 4th argument is precision in sub-meters (1 is meter presicion, 2 is decimeters, 3 is centimeters, etc).
Return value is always float and represents the distance in meters.
geolib.getDistance(
{latitude: 51.5103, longitude: 7.49347},
{latitude: "51° 31' N", longitude: "7° 28' E"}
);
geolib.getDistance(
{latitude: 51.5103, longitude: 7.49347},
{latitude: "51° 31' N", longitude: "7° 28' E"}
);
// Working with W3C Geolocation API
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
function(position) {
alert('You are ' + geolib.getDistance(position.coords, {
latitude: 51.525,
longitude: 7.4575
}) + ' meters away from 51.525, 7.4575');
},
function() {
alert('Position could not be determined.')
},
{
enableHighAccuracy: true
}
);
Calculates the distance between two geo coordinates but this method is far more inaccurate as compared to getDistance.
It can take up 2 to 3 arguments. start, end and accuracy can be defined in the same as in getDistance.
Return value is always float that represents the distance in meters.
geolib.getDistanceSimple(
{latitude: 51.5103, longitude: 7.49347},
{latitude: "51° 31' N", longitude: "7° 28' E"}
);
Calculates the geographical center of all points in a collection of geo coordinates
Takes an object or array of coordinates and calculates the center of it.
Returns an object: {"latitude": centerLat, "longitude": centerLng}
var spots = {
"Brandenburg Gate, Berlin": {latitude: 52.516272, longitude: 13.377722},
"Dortmund U-Tower": {latitude: 51.515, longitude: 7.453619},
"London Eye": {latitude: 51.503333, longitude: -0.119722},
"Kremlin, Moscow": {latitude: 55.751667, longitude: 37.617778},
"Eiffel Tower, Paris": {latitude: 48.8583, longitude: 2.2945},
"Riksdag building, Stockholm": {latitude: 59.3275, longitude: 18.0675},
"Royal Palace, Oslo": {latitude: 59.916911, longitude: 10.727567}
}
geolib.getCenter(spots);
geolib.getCenter([
{latitude: 52.516272, longitude: 13.377722},
{latitude: 51.515, longitude: 7.453619},
{latitude: 51.503333, longitude: -0.119722}
]);
Calculates the center of the bounds of geo coordinates.
Takes an array of coordinates, calculate the border of those, and gives back the center of that rectangle.
On polygons like political borders (eg. states), this may gives a closer
result to human expectation, than getCenter, because that function can be
disturbed by uneven distribution of point in different sides.
Imagine the US state Oklahoma: getCenter on that gives a southern
point, because the southern border contains a lot more nodes, than the others.
Returns an object: {"latitude": centerLat, "longitude": centerLng}
Calculates the bounds of geo coordinates.
It returns maximum and minimum, latitude, longitude, and elevation (if provided) in form of an object of form:
{
"minLat": minimumLatitude,
"maxLat": maximumLatitude,
"minLng": minimumLongitude,
"maxLng": maximumLongitude,
"minElev": minimumElevation,
"maxElev": maximumElevation
}
geolib.getCenter([
{latitude: 52.516272, longitude: 13.377722},
{latitude: 51.515, longitude: 7.453619},
{latitude: 51.503333, longitude: -0.119722}
]);
Checks whether a point is inside of a polygon or not. Note: the polygon coords must be in correct order!
Returns true or false
geolib.isPointInside(
{latitude: 51.5125, longitude: 7.485},
[
{latitude: 51.50, longitude: 7.40},
{latitude: 51.555, longitude: 7.40},
{latitude: 51.555, longitude: 7.625},
{latitude: 51.5125, longitude: 7.625}
]
); // -> true
Similar to is point inside: checks whether a point is inside of a circle or not.
Returns true or false
// checks if 51.525, 7.4575 is within a radius of 5km from 51.5175, 7.4678
geolib.isPointInCircle(
{latitude: 51.525, longitude: 7.4575},
{latitude: 51.5175, longitude: 7.4678},
5000
);
Gets rhumb line bearing of two points. Find out about the difference between rhumb line and great circle bearing on Wikipedia. Rhumb line should be fine in most cases:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhumb_line#General_and_mathematical_description
Function is heavily based on Doug Vanderweide's great PHP version (licensed under GPL 3.0) http://www.dougv.com/2009/07/13/calculating-the-bearing-and-compass-rose-direction-between-two-latitude-longitude-coordinates-in-php/
Returns calculated bearing as integer.
geolib.getRhumbLineBearing(
{latitude: 52.518611, longitude: 13.408056},
{latitude: 51.519475, longitude: 7.46694444}
);
Gets great circle bearing of two points. See description of getRhumbLineBearing for more information. Returns calculated bearing as integer.
geolib.getBearing(
{latitude: 52.518611, longitude: 13.408056},
{latitude: 51.519475, longitude: 7.46694444}
);
Gets the compass direction from an origin coordinate (originLL) to a destination coordinate (destLL). Bearing mode. Can be either circle or rhumbline (default). Returns an object with a rough (NESW) and an exact direction (NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, etc).
geolib.getCompassDirection(
{latitude: 52.518611, longitude: 13.408056},
{latitude: 51.519475, longitude: 7.46694444}
);
//Output
{
rough: 'W',
exact: 'WSW'
}
Sorts an object or array of coords by distance from a reference coordinate
Returns a sorted array [{latitude: x, longitude: y, distance: z, key: property}]
// coords array
geolib.orderByDistance({latitude: 51.515, longitude: 7.453619}, [
{latitude: 52.516272, longitude: 13.377722},
{latitude: 51.518, longitude: 7.45425},
{latitude: 51.503333, longitude: -0.119722}
]);
// coords object
geolib.orderByDistance({latitude: 51.515, longitude: 7.453619}, {
a: {latitude: 52.516272, longitude: 13.377722},
b: {latitude: 51.518, longitude: 7.45425},
c: {latitude: 51.503333, longitude: -0.119722}
});
Finds the nearest coordinate to a reference coordinate.
var spots = {
"Brandenburg Gate, Berlin": {latitude: 52.516272, longitude: 13.377722},
"Dortmund U-Tower": {latitude: 51.515, longitude: 7.453619},
"London Eye": {latitude: 51.503333, longitude: -0.119722},
"Kremlin, Moscow": {latitude: 55.751667, longitude: 37.617778},
"Eiffel Tower, Paris": {latitude: 48.8583, longitude: 2.2945},
"Riksdag building, Stockholm": {latitude: 59.3275, longitude: 18.0675},
"Royal Palace, Oslo": {latitude: 59.916911, longitude: 10.727567}
}
// in this case set offset to 1 otherwise the nearest point will always be your reference point
geolib.findNearest(spots['Dortmund U-Tower'], spots, 1)
Calculates the length of a collection of coordinates
Returns the length of the path in meters
// Calculate distance from Berlin via Dortmund to London
geolib.getPathLength([
{latitude: 52.516272, longitude: 13.377722}, // Berlin
{latitude: 51.515, longitude: 7.453619}, // Dortmund
{latitude: 51.503333, longitude: -0.119722} // London
]); // -> 945235
Calculates the speed between two points within a given time span.
Returns the speed in options.unit (default is km/h).
geolib.getSpeed(
{lat: 51.567294, lng: 7.38896, time: 1360231200880},
{lat: 52.54944, lng: 13.468509, time: 1360245600880},
{unit: 'mph'}
); // -> 66.9408 (mph)
Calculates if given point lies in a line formed by start and end.
Returns true or false
var point1 = {latitude: 0.5, longitude: 0};
var point2 = {latitude: 0, longitude: 10};
var point3 = {latitude: 0, longitude: 15.5};
var start = {latitude: 0, longitude: 0};
var end = {latitude: 0, longitude: 15};
var isInLine1 = geolib.isPointInLine(point1, start, end) //-> false;
var isInLine2 = geolib.isPointInLine(point2, start, end) //-> true;
var isInLine3 = geolib.isPointInLine(point3, start, end) //-> false;
Converts a given distance (in meters) to another unit.
unit can be one of:
- m (meter)
- km (kilometers)
- cm (centimeters)
- mm (millimeters)
- mi (miles)
- sm (seamiles)
- ft (foot)
- in (inch)
- yd (yards)
distance distance to be converted (source must be in meter)
round fractional digits
geolib.convertUnit('km', 14213, 2) // -> 14,21
Converts a sexagesimal coordinate to decimal format
geolib.sexagesimal2decimal("51° 29' 46\" N")
Converts a decimal coordinate to sexagesimal format
geolib.decimal2sexagesimal(51.49611111); // -> 51° 29' 46.00
Returns the latitude/longitude/elevation for a given point and converts it to decimal.
Works with:
- longitude:
longitude,lng,lon, 0 (GeoJSON array) - latitude:
latitude,lat, 1 (GeoJSON array) - elevation:
elevation,elev,alt,altitude, 2 (GeoJSON array)
geolib.latitude({lat: 51.49611, lng: 7.38896}); // -> 51.49611
geolib.longitude({lat: 51.49611, lng: 7.38896}); // -> 7.38896
Checks if a coordinate is already in decimal format and, if not, converts it to
geolib.useDecimal("51° 29' 46\" N"); // -> 51.59611111
geolib.useDecimal(51.59611111) // -> 51.59611111
Computes the destination point given an initial point, a distance (in meters) and a bearing (in degrees).
If no radius is given it defaults to the mean earth radius of 6371000 meter.
Returns an object: {"latitude": destLat, "longitude": destLng}
(Attention: this formula is not 100% accurate (but very close though))
var initialPoint = {lat: 51.516272, lon: 0.45425}
var dist = 1234;
var bearing = 45;
geolib.computeDestinationPoint(initialPoint, dist, bearing);
// -> {"latitude":51.52411853234181,"longitude":0.4668623365950795}
- Dropped support for IE6, IE7, IE8
- Added new methods `geolib.latitude()`, `geolib.longitude()`, `geolib.elevation()` to get latitude, longitude or elevation of points. Will be converted to decimal format automatically
- Added new method `geolib.extend()` to extend geolib object
- Added support for GeoJSON format (`[lon, lat, elev]`)
- Added property `geolib.version` to query the currently used version
- Moved `geolib.elevation` to an optional module (`geolib.elevation.js`)
- Using `Object.create(Geolib.prototype)` instead of object literal `{}`
- New folder structure: compiled `geolib.js` can now be found in `dist/` instead of root dir
- Improved Grunt build task