to_wkt_

Quickly and easily convert arrays to Well-Known Text (WKT) format. Which are commonly used in GIS Databases such as PostGIS.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'to_wkt_'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install to_wkt_

ToWkt automatically exposes the following methods on any instance of Array:

• #to_wkt_point

  • converts an array to a WKT POINT

  • e.g.

    ```ruby
    [0,0].to_wkt_point # "POINT(0 0)"
    ```
    

• #to_wkt_line_string

  • converts an array to a WKT LINESTRING

  • e.g.

    ```ruby
    [ [0,0], [1,1], [1,2] ].to_wkt_line_string # "LINESTRING(0 0,1 1,1 2)"
    ```
    

• #to_wkt_polygon

  • converts an array to a WKT POLYGON

  • e.g.

    ```ruby 
    polygon_array = [ [ [0,0], [4,0], [4,4], [0,4], [0,0] ], [ [1,1], [2,1], [2,2], [1,2], [1,1] ] ]
    polygon_array.to_wkt_polygon # "POLYGON((0 0,4 0,4 4,0 4,0 0),(1 1,2 1,2 2,1 2,1 1))"
    ```
    

• #to_wkt_multi_point

  • converts an array to a WKT MULTIPOINT

  • e.g.

    ```ruby
    [ [0,0], [1,2] ].to_wkt_multi_point # "MULTIPOINT(0 0,1 2)"
    ```
    

• #to_wkt_multi_line_string

  • converts an array to a WKT MULTILINESTRING

  • e.g.

    ```ruby
    multi_line_array = [ [ [0,0], [1,1], [1,2] ], [ [2,3], [3,2], [5,4] ] ]
    multi_line_array.to_wkt_multi_line_string # "MULTILINESTRING((0 0,1 1,1 2),(2 3,3 2,5 4))"
    ```
    

• #to_wkt_multi_polygon

  • converts an array to a WKT MULTIPOLYGON

  • e.g.

    ```ruby
    multi_polygon_array = [ 
      [ [[0,0], [4,0], [4,4], [0,4], [0,0]], [[1,1], [2,1], [2,2], [1,2], [1,1]] ], 
      [ [[-1,-1], [-1,-2], [-2,-2], [-2,-1], [-1,-1]] ] 
    ]
    multi_polygon_array.to_wkt_multi_polygon= "MULTIPOLYGON(((0 0,4 0,4 4,0 4,0 0),(1 1,2 1,2 2,1 2,1 1)),((-1 -1,-1 -2,-2 -2,-2 -1,-1 -1)))" 
    ```
    

WKT specs contain 18 different geometries; right now only 6 are implemented in to_wkt_.

• Implemented
  • Point
  • LineString
  • Polygon
  • MultiPoint
  • MultiLineString
  • MultiPolygon
• Not Implemented
  • Geometry
  • Triangle
  • CircularString
  • Curve
  • MultiCurve
  • CompoundCurve
  • CurvePolygon
  • Surface
  • MultiSurface
  • PolyhedralSurface
  • TIN
  • GeometryCollection

Some of these will be easier to implement than others.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request