pointOnFeature

Description

Takes a Feature or FeatureCollection and returns a Point guaranteed to be on the surface of the feature.

• Given a Polygon, the point will be in the area of the polygon
• Given a LineString, the point will be along the string
• Given a Point, the point will the same as the input

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
geojson	GeoJSON	any Feature or FeatureCollection

Returns

Feature<Point> a point on the surface of input

Examples

var polygon = turf.polygon([
  [
    [116, -36],
    [131, -32],
    [146, -43],
    [155, -25],
    [133, -9],
    [111, -22],
    [116, -36],
  ],
]);

var pointOnPolygon = turf.pointOnFeature(polygon);

Installation

$ npm install @turf/point-on-feature

import { pointOnFeature } from "@turf/point-on-feature";
const result = pointOnFeature(...);

$ npm install @turf/turf

import * as turf from "@turf/turf";
const result = turf.pointOnFeature(...);