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Confusion regarding topojson Polygon coordinates



The Next CEO of Stack OverflowTopoJSON without Quantizationgeojson -> topojson : no outputProblems installing TopoJSONTruly lossless TopoJSON / keep all coordinates in TopoJSONAdjacency matrix from TopoJSONList of coordinates to TopojsonReading topojson file in d3.js problemHow do I merge csv data into topojson file?Install topojson on the command line










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I have a topojson file which represents a hexagon. A hexagon has 6 vertices, so I was expecting the arcs attribute of topojson file would contain 6 points, but it contains 7.



I wanted to know why there are 7 coordinates instead of 6, and what does that extra coordinate represent?



 "type": "Topology", "arcs": [
[
[
0,
1
],
[
0.5,
0.86
],
[
0.5,
-0.86
],
[
0,
-1
],
[
-0.5,
-0.86
],
[
-0.5,
0.86
],
[
0,
1
]
] ], "transform":
"scale": [
1,
0.5
],
"translate": [
0,
0
] , "objects":
"state":
"type": "GeometryCollection",
"geometries": [

"arcs": [
[
0
]
],
"type": "Polygon",
"id": "A&N ISLANDS"

]










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    I have a topojson file which represents a hexagon. A hexagon has 6 vertices, so I was expecting the arcs attribute of topojson file would contain 6 points, but it contains 7.



    I wanted to know why there are 7 coordinates instead of 6, and what does that extra coordinate represent?



     "type": "Topology", "arcs": [
    [
    [
    0,
    1
    ],
    [
    0.5,
    0.86
    ],
    [
    0.5,
    -0.86
    ],
    [
    0,
    -1
    ],
    [
    -0.5,
    -0.86
    ],
    [
    -0.5,
    0.86
    ],
    [
    0,
    1
    ]
    ] ], "transform":
    "scale": [
    1,
    0.5
    ],
    "translate": [
    0,
    0
    ] , "objects":
    "state":
    "type": "GeometryCollection",
    "geometries": [

    "arcs": [
    [
    0
    ]
    ],
    "type": "Polygon",
    "id": "A&N ISLANDS"

    ]










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      I have a topojson file which represents a hexagon. A hexagon has 6 vertices, so I was expecting the arcs attribute of topojson file would contain 6 points, but it contains 7.



      I wanted to know why there are 7 coordinates instead of 6, and what does that extra coordinate represent?



       "type": "Topology", "arcs": [
      [
      [
      0,
      1
      ],
      [
      0.5,
      0.86
      ],
      [
      0.5,
      -0.86
      ],
      [
      0,
      -1
      ],
      [
      -0.5,
      -0.86
      ],
      [
      -0.5,
      0.86
      ],
      [
      0,
      1
      ]
      ] ], "transform":
      "scale": [
      1,
      0.5
      ],
      "translate": [
      0,
      0
      ] , "objects":
      "state":
      "type": "GeometryCollection",
      "geometries": [

      "arcs": [
      [
      0
      ]
      ],
      "type": "Polygon",
      "id": "A&N ISLANDS"

      ]










      share|improve this question







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      I have a topojson file which represents a hexagon. A hexagon has 6 vertices, so I was expecting the arcs attribute of topojson file would contain 6 points, but it contains 7.



      I wanted to know why there are 7 coordinates instead of 6, and what does that extra coordinate represent?



       "type": "Topology", "arcs": [
      [
      [
      0,
      1
      ],
      [
      0.5,
      0.86
      ],
      [
      0.5,
      -0.86
      ],
      [
      0,
      -1
      ],
      [
      -0.5,
      -0.86
      ],
      [
      -0.5,
      0.86
      ],
      [
      0,
      1
      ]
      ] ], "transform":
      "scale": [
      1,
      0.5
      ],
      "translate": [
      0,
      0
      ] , "objects":
      "state":
      "type": "GeometryCollection",
      "geometries": [

      "arcs": [
      [
      0
      ]
      ],
      "type": "Polygon",
      "id": "A&N ISLANDS"

      ]







      polygon mapping topojson






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          The 1st and last vertices of a closed polygon are always the same, so a triangle is defined by 4 points






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            To give some reference to this answer github.com/topojson/topojson-specification#225-polygon (The TopoJSON Format Specification)

            – J.R
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          • Thanks @J.R . Let's note that this convention is largely adopted in other data formats as well

            – JGH
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          • Thank you for your reply. I have another topojson file where the first and the last point of the Polygon is not same. File Link: github.com/info-design-lab/election2019/blob/gh-pages/map/…

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            To give some reference to this answer github.com/topojson/topojson-specification#225-polygon (The TopoJSON Format Specification)

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            yesterday











          • Thanks @J.R . Let's note that this convention is largely adopted in other data formats as well

            – JGH
            yesterday












          • Thank you for your reply. I have another topojson file where the first and the last point of the Polygon is not same. File Link: github.com/info-design-lab/election2019/blob/gh-pages/map/…

            – Arihant Parsoya
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            To give some reference to this answer github.com/topojson/topojson-specification#225-polygon (The TopoJSON Format Specification)

            – J.R
            yesterday











          • Thanks @J.R . Let's note that this convention is largely adopted in other data formats as well

            – JGH
            yesterday












          • Thank you for your reply. I have another topojson file where the first and the last point of the Polygon is not same. File Link: github.com/info-design-lab/election2019/blob/gh-pages/map/…

            – Arihant Parsoya
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            To give some reference to this answer github.com/topojson/topojson-specification#225-polygon (The TopoJSON Format Specification)

            – J.R
            yesterday











          • Thanks @J.R . Let's note that this convention is largely adopted in other data formats as well

            – JGH
            yesterday












          • Thank you for your reply. I have another topojson file where the first and the last point of the Polygon is not same. File Link: github.com/info-design-lab/election2019/blob/gh-pages/map/…

            – Arihant Parsoya
            yesterday












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            To give some reference to this answer github.com/topojson/topojson-specification#225-polygon (The TopoJSON Format Specification)

            – J.R
            yesterday











          • Thanks @J.R . Let's note that this convention is largely adopted in other data formats as well

            – JGH
            yesterday












          • Thank you for your reply. I have another topojson file where the first and the last point of the Polygon is not same. File Link: github.com/info-design-lab/election2019/blob/gh-pages/map/…

            – Arihant Parsoya
            yesterday







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          To give some reference to this answer github.com/topojson/topojson-specification#225-polygon (The TopoJSON Format Specification)

          – J.R
          yesterday





          To give some reference to this answer github.com/topojson/topojson-specification#225-polygon (The TopoJSON Format Specification)

          – J.R
          yesterday













          Thanks @J.R . Let's note that this convention is largely adopted in other data formats as well

          – JGH
          yesterday






          Thanks @J.R . Let's note that this convention is largely adopted in other data formats as well

          – JGH
          yesterday














          Thank you for your reply. I have another topojson file where the first and the last point of the Polygon is not same. File Link: github.com/info-design-lab/election2019/blob/gh-pages/map/…

          – Arihant Parsoya
          yesterday





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