GeoJSON

JSON subset for geospatial data
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GeoJSON

Summary

GeoJSON is an open file format[1]. GeoJSON draws 1,032 Wikipedia views per month (open_file_format category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • GeoJSON's instance of is recorded as open file format[3].
  • GeoJSON's instance of is recorded as file format[4].
  • GeoJSON's based on is recorded as JSON[5].
  • GeoJSON's developer is recorded as Internet Engineering Task Force[6].
  • GeoJSON is a type of JSON[7].
  • GeoJSON is a type of vector data[8].
  • GeoJSON is used for geographic information system[9].
  • GeoJSON is used for geospatial dataset[10].
  • GeoJSON's official website is recorded as https://geojson.org/[11].
  • GeoJSON's described at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946[12].
  • GeoJSON's media type is recorded as application/vnd.geo+json[13].
  • GeoJSON's media type is recorded as application/geo+json[14].
  • GeoJSON's file extension is recorded as json[15].
  • GeoJSON's file extension is recorded as geojson[16].
  • GeoJSON's described by source is recorded as RFC 7946: The GeoJSON Format[17].
  • GeoJSON's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/geojson[18].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as OpenLayers[19].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as Leaflet[20].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as Q110613483[21].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as MapServer[22].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as GeoServer[23].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as GDAL[24].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as QGIS[25].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as Carto[26].
  • GeoJSON's used by is recorded as PostGIS[27].

Why It Matters

GeoJSON draws 1,032 Wikipedia views per month (open_file_format category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] GeoJSON has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] GeoJSON is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . digitalpreservation.gov. Retrieved . digitalpreservation.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . RFC 7946: The GeoJSON Format. mark0.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . RFC 7946: The GeoJSON Format. iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . RFC 7946: The GeoJSON Format. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . RFC 7946: The GeoJSON Format. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Derek J Moore · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://geojson.org/
    Subclass of
    Has use geographic information system, geospatial dataset
    Subclass of JSON, vector data
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: GeoJSON"
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