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A polygon is a 2D (flat) shape made from straight line segments that connect end-to-end to form a closed loop.
A polygon is a 2D (flat) geometry made from straight line segments that connect end-to-end to form a closed loop.
 
Each individual polygon is still stored as a list of linear rings (outer boundary, plus optional holes). The outer array contains one entry per polygon.
 
In [[GeoJSON]], a Polygon looks like this:
 
<pre>
{
  "type": "Feature",
  "properties": {
    "name": "Square"
  },
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Polygon",
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [0, 0], [1, 0], [1, 1], [0, 1], [0, 0]
      ]
    ]
  }
}
 
</pre>
 
{{article end
|seealso=
* [[Point]]
* [[MultiPolygon]]
* [[GeoJSON]]
}}

Latest revision as of 13:53, 15 July 2026

A polygon is a 2D (flat) geometry made from straight line segments that connect end-to-end to form a closed loop.

Each individual polygon is still stored as a list of linear rings (outer boundary, plus optional holes). The outer array contains one entry per polygon.

In GeoJSON, a Polygon looks like this:

{
  "type": "Feature",
  "properties": {
    "name": "Square"
  },
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Polygon",
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [0, 0], [1, 0], [1, 1], [0, 1], [0, 0]
      ]
    ]
  }
}