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Add support for GeoBuf

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  • October 17, 2017
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https://github.com/mapbox/geobuf

Geobuf is a compact binary encoding for geographic data.

Geobuf provides lossless compression of GeoJSON data into protocol buffers. Advantages over using GeoJSON alone:
  • Very compact: typically makes GeoJSON 6-8 times smaller.
  • 2-2.5x smaller even when comparing gzipped sizes. - Very fast encoding and decoding — even faster than native JSON parse/stringify.
  • Can accommodate any GeoJSON data, including extensions with arbitrary properties.
The encoding format also potentially allows:
  • Easy incremental parsing — get features out as you read them, without the need to build in-memory representation of the whole data.
  • Partial reads — read only the parts you actually need, skipping the rest.
Think of this as an attempt to design a simple, modern Shapefile successor that works seamlessly with GeoJSON. Unlike Mapbox Vector Tiles, it aims for lossless compression of datasets — without tiling, projecting coordinates, flattening geometries or stripping properties.
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darkspatiallord
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did this get done


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