From 1a3be71f97ba3d9217e3d7a1e4fabe2bea3d9609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jen Looper Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:20:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] additional info about geoJSON formatting --- 3-transport/lessons/3-visualize-location-data/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/3-transport/lessons/3-visualize-location-data/README.md b/3-transport/lessons/3-visualize-location-data/README.md index 2921e31..eba8bed 100644 --- a/3-transport/lessons/3-visualize-location-data/README.md +++ b/3-transport/lessons/3-visualize-location-data/README.md @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Sample GeoJSON data looks like this: Of particular interest is the way the data is nested as a 'Feature' within a 'FeatureCollection'. Within that object can be found 'geometry' with the 'coordinates' indicating latitude and longitude. -✅ When building your geoJSON, pay attention to the order of 'latitude' and 'longitude' in the object, or your points will not appear where they should! +✅ When building your geoJSON, pay attention to the order of 'latitude' and 'longitude' in the object, or your points will not appear where they should! GeoJSON expects data in the order 'lon,lat' for points, not 'lat,lon'. `Geometry` can have different 'types' designated to that a polygon could be drawn to a map; in this case, a point is drawn with two coordinates designated.