@turf/rectangle-grid

@turf/rectangle-grid

rectangleGrid

Creates a grid of rectangles from a bounding box, Feature or FeatureCollection.

Parameters

• bbox Array<number> extent in [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] order
• cellWidth number of each cell, in units
• cellHeight number of each cell, in units
• options Object Optional parameters (optional, default {})
  • options.units string units ("degrees", "radians", "miles", "kilometers") that the given cellWidth and cellHeight are expressed in. Converted at the southern border. (optional, default 'kilometers')
  • options.mask Feature<(Polygon | MultiPolygon)>? if passed a Polygon or MultiPolygon, the grid Points will be created only inside it
  • options.properties Object passed to each point of the grid (optional, default {})

Examples

var bbox = [-95, 30 ,-85, 40];
var cellWidth = 50;
var cellHeight = 20;
var options = {units: 'miles'};

var rectangleGrid = turf.rectangleGrid(bbox, cellWidth, cellHeight, options);

//addToMap
var addToMap = [rectangleGrid]

Returns FeatureCollection<Polygon> a grid of polygons

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/rectangle-grid

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

$ npm install @turf/turf