Tesselates a polygon or multipolygon into a collection of triangle polygons using earcut.
npm install @turf/tesselateTesselates a polygon or multipolygon into a collection of triangle polygons
using [earcut][1].
* poly [Feature][2]<([Polygon][3] | [MultiPolygon][4])> the polygon to tesselate
``javascript
const poly = turf.polygon([[[11, 0], [22, 4], [31, 0], [31, 11], [21, 15], [11, 11], [11, 0]]]);
const triangles = turf.tesselate(poly);
//addToMap
const addToMap = [poly, triangles]
`
Returns [FeatureCollection][5]<[Polygon][3]> collection of polygon tesselations
[1]: https://github.com/mapbox/earcut
[2]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.2
[3]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.1.6
[4]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.1.7
[5]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.3
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This module is part of the Turfjs project, an open source module collection dedicated to geographic algorithms. It is maintained in the Turfjs/turf repository, where you can create PRs and issues.
Install this single module individually:
`sh`
$ npm install @turf/tesselate
Or install the all-encompassing @turf/turf module that includes all modules as functions:
`sh``
$ npm install @turf/turf