# Towards GEOS-WASM in Observable?

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/towards-geos-wasm-in-observable/8061>\
**Category:** Show and tell\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/towards-geos-wasm-in-observable/8061 "2023-06-30T07:48:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![neocarto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/neocarto/32/6554_2.png) [@neocarto](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/neocarto)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/towards-geos-wasm-in-observable/8061/1 "2023-06-30T07:48:29Z")

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Good news, [Christoph Pahmeyer](https://observablehq.com/@chrispahm) has begun investigating the feasibility of porting this reference library to WebAssembly. I think GEOS-WASM is absolutely essential for expanding the JavaScript spatial ecosystem. What do you think?

> **[Towards GEOS-WASM in Observable?](https://observablehq.com/@neocartocnrs/geos-wasm)**
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> \`GEOS\` is a C/C++ library for computational geometry with a focus on algorithms used in geographic information systems (GIS) software. It implements the OGC Simple Features geometry model and provides all the spatial functions in that standard as...

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**Author:** ![TomBor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/tombor/32/6664_2.png) [@TomBor](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/TomBor)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/towards-geos-wasm-in-observable/8061/2 "2023-06-30T12:59:46Z")

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adding Tom MacWright notes, few month ago, [GitHub - tmcw/geos-wasm](https://github.com/tmcw/geos-wasm)  
and Kyle Barron thoughts, [https://kylebarron.dev/blog/geos-wasm](https://kylebarron.dev/blog/geos-wasm)