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A modular geospatial engine written in JavaScript and TypeScript

9 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 2 stories, 7 comments · first 2013-11-11 · latest 2025-04-20

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  1. …crypto etc) that work both on frontend and backend (nodejs) which never touch the browser DOM, e.g. https://github.com/Turfjs/turf ( http://turfjs.org/docs/ )
    comment by mtmail · 2019-02-03 · in Is JavaScript Always Front-End?
  2. …work to maintain (~70 repos, instead of 1), but I have been pleased with the approach so far. [1] https://github.com/Turfjs/turf [2] https://github.com/Turfjs/turf-buffer [3] https://github.com/Turfjs/turf-smooth
    comment by morganherlocker · 2014-09-18 · in NPM registry in numbers
  3. …(but much faster and open source). Anyone interested in maps or stats might find it interesting. https://github.com/morganherlocker/turf If you do not have expertise in computational geometry or geospatial analysis: 1) I would be happy to…
    comment by morganherlocker · 2014-03-07 · in Ask HN: Looking for contributors?
  4. …the creative energy it must have taken to actually design these algorithms from scratch. [1] https://github.com/morganherlocker/turf
    comment by morganherlocker · 2014-02-02 · in Is Math a Young Man's Game? (2003)
  5. …ways to optimize the python code further, but it was never going to touch the node implementation. https://github.com/morganherlocker/turf 4. In data analysis type applications like this, async IO is a huge help. More connections with less…
  6. …complex in simple bash or node. Does a build script like this really need to be abstracted away?: https://github.com/morganherlocker/turf/blob/master/build And yet there are still requests on this project to switch over to grunt or gulp. I…
    comment by morganherlocker · 2014-01-10 · in Gulp, Grunt, Whatever
  7. …thing though. Sometimes my issues look like the rambling ravings of a madman talking to himself. https://github.com/morganherlocker/turf/issues/41
    comment by hackula1 · 2013-11-11 · in Common Species Of Code