@turf/circle
Advanced tools
@turf/circle is a module within the Turf.js library that allows you to create circular polygons. It is useful for geospatial analysis and manipulation, enabling you to generate circles with a specified radius around a given point.
Create a Circle
This feature allows you to create a circle polygon with a specified radius around a given center point. The `steps` option defines the number of points used to approximate the circle, and the `units` option specifies the unit of measurement for the radius.
const turf = require('@turf/turf');
const center = [0, 0];
const radius = 5;
const options = { steps: 64, units: 'kilometers' };
const circle = turf.circle(center, radius, options);
console.log(circle);Customizing Circle Properties
This feature allows you to customize the properties of the circle, such as the number of steps for approximation, the units of measurement, and additional properties like a name.
const turf = require('@turf/turf');
const center = [0, 0];
const radius = 5;
const options = { steps: 32, units: 'miles', properties: { name: 'My Circle' } };
const circle = turf.circle(center, radius, options);
console.log(circle);Leaflet is a popular open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. It provides similar functionality for creating circles on maps, but it is more focused on rendering and interaction rather than geospatial analysis.
OpenLayers is a high-performance, feature-packed library for all your mapping needs. It offers similar capabilities for creating and manipulating circles, but it is more comprehensive and includes a wide range of other geospatial functionalities.
Geolib is a small library to provide basic geospatial operations like distance calculation, conversion of units, and bounding boxes. It can create circles, but it is more lightweight and less feature-rich compared to @turf/circle.
Takes a Point and calculates the circle polygon given a radius in degrees, radians, miles, or kilometers; and steps for precision.
Parameters
center (Feature<Point> | Array<number>) center pointradius number radius of the circleoptions Object Optional parameters (optional, default {})
Examples
var center = [-75.343, 39.984];
var radius = 5;
var options = {steps: 10, units: 'kilometers', properties: {foo: 'bar'}};
var circle = turf.circle(center, radius, options);
//addToMap
var addToMap = [turf.point(center), circle]
Returns Feature<Polygon> circle polygon
This module is part of the Turfjs project, an open source module collection dedicated to geographic algorithms. It is maintained in the Turfjs/turf repository, where you can create PRs and issues.
Install this module individually:
$ npm install @turf/circle
Or install the Turf module that includes it as a function:
$ npm install @turf/turf
6.2.0
After a bit of hiatus, TurfJS is resuming releases.
@turf/boolean-touches][boolean-touches]Determines if two features touch but do not intersect
@turf/boolean-valid][boolean-valid]Checks if the geometry is a valid according to the OGC Simple Feature Specification
@turf/quadrat-analysis][quadrat-analysis]Performs a quadrat analysis on a set of points
@turf/rectangle-grid][rectangle-grid]Creates a grid of rectangles from a bounding box
@turf/voroni][voronoi]Typescript types for the options parameter have been fixed (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1424 - Author @stevage)
@turf/points-within-polygon][points-within-polygon]Typescript types around the Feature's Properties will now be preserved. (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1761 - Author @rugheid)
@turf/rewind][rewind]Typescript types for the 'reverse' option are now correct. Previously it was misnamed as 'reversed'. (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1786 - Author @jonnycornwell)
@turf/difference][difference]No longer publishes an .mjs file.
@turf/meta][meta]No longer publishes an .mjs file.
@turf/tag][tag]Add MultiPolygon support. (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1996 - Author bryceroney)
@turf/centroid Don't visit first point twice when calculating centroid
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1894 - Author @rowanwins)
@turf/transform-translate Better handling of negative distances
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1895 - Author @rowanwins)
@turf/union, @turf/difference, @turf/intersect Use polygon-clipping library to fix correctness issues
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1916 - Authors @mbullington, @ngottlieb)
@turf/buffer Change default number of steps to 8, and actually support the steps option
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1931 - Author stevenchanin)
@turf/buffer Fix projection issues that produce undersized buffers at non-equatorial latitudes
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1956 - Author dyakovlev)
@turf/helpers Add runtime checks to point() method, fixing an API break
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1964)
@turf/boolean-overlap Better performance for MultiPoint geometries
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1910 - Author @mfedderly)
@turf/helpers Add hectares to convertArea
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1943 - Author @DanielJDufour)
@turf/great-circle Update Typescript types to support MultiLineString input
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1928 - Author kronick)
@turf/square-grid Clarify inputs
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1885 - Author @raphael-leger)
@turf/greater-circle Clarify properties option example
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1888 - Author @chris-catignani)
@turf/line-to-polygon no longer modifies its input unless the mutate option is true
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1879 - Author @MortenBirk)
@turf/unkink-polygon remove Number.prototype.modulo override
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1978)
FAQs
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The npm package @turf/circle receives a total of 725,504 weekly downloads. As such, @turf/circle popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @turf/circle demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 9 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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