# Gist meets GeoJSON

DevFeed: [Gist meets GeoJSON](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gist-meets-geojson-70156.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/the-library/gist-meets-geojson/>)

Author: Slava Shirokov

Published: 2013-08-07T23:41:21Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [GeoJSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/geojson.md>), [gist](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gist.md>), [Open Data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-data.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [gist](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gist.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [june](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/june.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [open-data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-data.md>), [open-data-sets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-data-sets.md>), [practical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/practical.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>), [repositories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repositories.md>), [the-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-library.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub added support for sharing geographic data as GeoJSON or TopoJSON gists. Users can create a map by adding a data file to a gist, or compose a map with geojson.io and save it as a GeoJSON gist. The gist can also be embedded elsewhere.

## Source excerpt

Back in June we shipped support for viewing geographic data to GitHub.com repositories in GeoJSON & TopoJSON formats, which was awesome for open data sets and collaborative projects. We didn't...