@turf/envelope

What is @turf/envelope?

@turf/envelope is a module from the Turf.js library that allows you to calculate the bounding box (envelope) of a given GeoJSON feature or set of features. This is useful for determining the minimum bounding rectangle that encloses a set of geographical points, lines, or polygons.

What are @turf/envelope's main functionalities?

Calculate Bounding Box for a Point

This feature allows you to calculate the bounding box for a single point. The code sample creates a point at coordinates [10, 20] and then calculates its bounding box.

const turf = require('@turf/turf');
const point = turf.point([10, 20]);
const envelope = turf.envelope(point);
console.log(envelope);

Calculate Bounding Box for a Polygon

This feature allows you to calculate the bounding box for a polygon. The code sample creates a polygon with specified coordinates and then calculates its bounding box.

const turf = require('@turf/turf');
const polygon = turf.polygon([[
  [10, 20], [30, 40], [50, 60], [10, 20]
]]);
const envelope = turf.envelope(polygon);
console.log(envelope);

Calculate Bounding Box for Multiple Features

This feature allows you to calculate the bounding box for a collection of features. The code sample creates a point and a line, combines them into a feature collection, and then calculates the bounding box for the entire collection.

const turf = require('@turf/turf');
const point = turf.point([10, 20]);
const line = turf.lineString([[30, 40], [50, 60]]);
const featureCollection = turf.featureCollection([point, line]);
const envelope = turf.envelope(featureCollection);
console.log(envelope);

Other packages similar to @turf/envelope

bbox

The 'bbox' package provides similar functionality to @turf/envelope by calculating the bounding box for GeoJSON features. It is a lightweight alternative but may not offer the extensive set of geospatial operations available in the Turf.js library.

geojson-bbox

The 'geojson-bbox' package is another alternative that focuses on calculating the bounding box for GeoJSON objects. It is simple to use and can be a good choice if you only need bounding box calculations without the additional features provided by Turf.js.

README

@turf/envelope

envelope

Takes any number of features and returns a rectangular Polygon that encompasses all vertices.

Parameters

• geojson GeoJSON input features

Examples

var features = turf.featureCollection([
  turf.point([-75.343, 39.984], {"name": "Location A"}),
  turf.point([-75.833, 39.284], {"name": "Location B"}),
  turf.point([-75.534, 39.123], {"name": "Location C"})
]);

var enveloped = turf.envelope(features);

//addToMap
var addToMap = [features, enveloped];

Returns Feature<Polygon> a rectangular Polygon feature that encompasses all vertices

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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.

Installation

Install this module individually:

$ npm install @turf/envelope

Or install the Turf module that includes it as a function:

$ npm install @turf/turf

Changelog

5.0.0 🎉

⭐️ Major Updates

• TurfJS now supports ES Modules (Related PR's)
• Optional parameters are now defined as an Object.

🚀 New Modules

[@turf/voronoi][voronoi]

Takes a FeatureCollection of points, and a bounding box, and returns a FeatureCollection of Voronoi polygons. (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1043 - Author @stevage)

[@turf/shortest-path][shortest-path]

Returns the shortest path from start to end without colliding with any feature in obstacles (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/956 - Author @stebogit)

[@turf/boolean-parallel][boolean-parallel]

Boolean-Parallel returns True if each segment of line1 is parallel to the correspondent segment of line2 (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/941 - Author @stebogit)

[@turf/nearest-point-on-line][nearest-point-on-line]

Takes a {@link Point} and a {@link LineString} and calculates the closest Point on the (Multi)LineString. (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/939 - Author @stebogit)

🏅 New Features/Enhancements

• Updates [@turf/unkink-polygon][unkink-polygon] testing & added flattenEach instead of using flatten. (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/889)

• Add multi-geomtry support to @turf/line-split (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1078)

• Improve @turf/meta lineEach method to provide properties, id and bbox (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1010)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixes @turf/helpers earth radius variable (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1012)

• Fixes @turf/polygon-tangents bug (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1058)

• Fixes @turf/line-chunk bug when the number of segments is integer (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1046)

• Fixes segmentEach and segmentReduce methods in @turf/meta to ensure something is returned (PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/968)

⚠️ Breaking Change

• Optional parameters are now defined as an Object:

Before

var from = [-75.343, 39.984];
var to = [-75.534, 39.123];
var units = 'miles';
var distance = turf.distance(from, to, units);

After

var from = [-75.343, 39.984];
var to = [-75.534, 39.123];
var options = {units: 'miles'};
var distance = turf.distance(from, to, options);

• Reworked @turf/random PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues/994
• Deprecate @turf/idw Issue https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues/887
• Reworked Grid modules @turf/point-grid/hex/square/triangle PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/1029
• Renamed Modules/Methods
  • [x] @turf/inside => @turf/boolean-point-in-polygon https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues/860#issuecomment-317216235
  • [x] @turf/within => @turf/points-within-polygon https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues/860#issuecomment-317216235
  • [x] @turf/bezier => @turf/bezier-spline Issue https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues/661
  • [x] @turf/nearest => @turf/nearest-point https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/858#issuecomment-317197295
  • [x] @turf/point-on-line => @turf/nearest-point-on-line https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/858#issuecomment-317197295
  • [x] @turf/lineDistance => @turf/length https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues/860#issuecomment-317229869
  • [x] @turf/helpers
    • [x] radians2degrees => radiansToDegrees
    • [x] degrees2radians => degreesToRadians
    • [x] distanceToDegrees => lengthToDegrees
    • [x] distanceToRadians => lengthToRadians
    • [x] radiansToDistance => radiansToLength
    • [x] bearingToAngle => bearingToAzimuth
    • [x] convertDistance => convertLength