Tim Welch 5f0d4050d4
Clarify behavior of some existing turf modules (#2683)
* update turf-rectangle-grid and turf-square-grid docs

* improve area docs

* cleanup

* update earthRadius, first crack at units link, other nits

* improve docs

* nit

* add readme units file

* update area readme manually

* one more readme

* update all readmes
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@turf/rectangle-grid

rectangleGrid

Creates a grid of rectangular polygons with width and height consistent in degrees

Parameters

  • bbox BBox extent of grid in [minX, minY, maxX, maxY] order. If the grid does not fill the bbox perfectly, it is centered.

  • cellWidth number width of each cell, in units

  • cellHeight number height of each cell, in units

  • options Object Optional parameters (optional, default {})

    • options.units Units the units of the cell width and height value. Supports all valid Turf Units. If you are looking for rectangles with equal width and height in linear units (e.g. kilometers) this is not the module for you. The cellWidth and cellHeight is converted from units provided to degrees internally, so the width and height of resulting polygons will be consistent only in degrees. (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 single module individually:

$ npm install @turf/rectangle-grid

Or install the all-encompassing @turf/turf module that includes all modules as functions:

$ npm install @turf/turf