Generate the metes (compass bearing and distance) between consecutive points in a polygon.
MultiPolygon
.
It will have no properties.Providing at least 6 decimal places is recommended (approximately 11 cm precision). An example sequence of coordinates might look like this, in JSON:Content-Type: application/json
. The body will be a FeatureCollection
of GeoJSON LineStrings, where each LineString represents a line from the polygon.
Each LineString belongs to a Feature which will have the properties bearing_sexagesimal
,
true_bearing_degrees
, and distance_meters
.
true_bearing_degrees
that surveyors typically use. It
designates the north/south cardinal direction in which to travel and the angle from which
one should deviate.For example, N 21° 25' 15″ E
is equivalent to true bearing 21.42
. This is sexagesimal (base-60),
hence 25/60 ~ 0.42.error
field describing the cause.