What is the difference between .topojson and .gpkg?
- Extension
- .topojson
- .gpkg
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- GIS
- GIS
- Developer
- Mike Bostock
- Description
- TopoJSON is a file format for encoding geographic data structures, based on the GeoJSON format. It encodes geometries more efficiently and supports topology, which enables more accurate representations of geographic objects. TopoJSON eliminates redundancy and simplifies data, making it smaller and easier to work with.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.geo+json
- application/geopackage+sqlite3
- Sample
- sample.gpkg
- Wikipedia
- .topojson on Wikipedia