Is it possible to determine whether a GeoJSON point at a given lat,lon lies within a given GeoJSON polygon using only JavaScript (either through d3, topojson, or any other way)?
For example, I can draw a map showing countries in the UK based on the tutorial here.
I then have a some points which have coordinates but no indication as to which country they lie within.
I would like to display a total point count for each country.
Can I work out which country contains each point in the browser, or do I need to preprocess my point data on the server using PostGIS or similar?
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Answer
Seems like d3 has you covered: https://github.com/d3/d3-geo#geoContains
d3.geoContains(object, point)
Returns true if and only if the specified GeoJSON object contains the specified point, or false if the object does not contain the point. The point must be specified as a two-element array [longitude, latitude] in degrees. For Point and MultiPoint geometries, an exact test is used; for a Sphere, true is always returned; for other geometries, an epsilon threshold is applied.