I'm unable to convert my Layer properties into the properties of the GEOJson object using Leaflet(0.7.7)/Leaflet.Draw(latest). My workflow is:
1 Create Map: var map = L.map('#map', options);
2 Create a FeatureGroup: features= new L.FeatureGroup();
3 Add to the Leaflet Map: map.addLayer(features);
4 On the draw:created
event, I'm capturing e.layer
and adding a bunch of properties:
var layer = e.layer;
layer.properties = { Title: 'Hello' };
features.addLayer(layer);
geo_features = features.toGeoJSON();
However, my geo_features
always have empty property attributes in each of the features and I can't figure it out!
iH8's initial answer was almost correct.
To specify properties that will appear in a vector layer's GeoJSON export (i.e. through its .toGeoJSON()
method), you have to fill its feature.type
and feature.properties
members:
var myVectorLayer = L.rectangle(...) // whatever
var feature = myVectorLayer.feature = myVectorLayer.feature || {};
feature.type = "Feature";
feature.properties = feature.properties || {};
feature.properties["Foo"] = "Bar";
Now myVectorLayer.toGeoJSON()
returns a valid GeoJSON feature object represented by:
{
"type": "Feature",
"properties": {
"Foo": "Bar"
// More properties that may be pre-filled.
},
"geometry": // The vector geometry
}
A (kind of ugly workaround) is using a L.GeoJSON
layer and add the drawn layer's GeoJSON to it by using it's addData
method. Afterwards grab the last layer in the L.GeoJSON
layer's _layers
object. At that point the layer has a valid GeoJSON feature
property you can edit:
var geojson = new L.GeoJSON().addTo(map);
var drawControl = new L.Control.Draw({
edit: {
featureGroup: geojson
}
}).addTo(map);
map.on('draw:created', function (e) {
geojson.addData(e.layer.toGeoJSON());
var layers = geojson._layers,
keys = Object.keys(layers),
key = keys[keys.length - 1],
layer = layers[key];
layer.feature.properties = {
'Foo': 'Bar'
};
});