RFC 7946: The GeoJSON Format
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
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. GeoJSON uses a geographic coordinate reference system, World Geodetic System 1984, and units of decimal degrees.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC7946
- Published
- August 2016
- Authors
- H. Butler; M. Daly; A. Doyle; S. Gillies; S. Hagen; T. Schaub
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- art
- Pages
- 28
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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