500 KB GeoJSON sample

A GeoJSON file of exactly 512,000 bytes. It is a valid GeoJSON file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 500 KB sample, test or dummy GeoJSON file.

sample-geojson-500kb.geojson

500 KB512,000 bytes

Download 500 KB GeoJSON

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Type: application/geo+json
SHA-256: 839f787774f8534029619ed3f645244807d6ffb972e1e771056c69b332c17220
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A FeatureCollection of 2,763 features: 2,488 points and 276 line strings with longitude-latitude coordinates (WGS 84) and properties. A "padding" member, which GeoJSON readers ignore, brings the file to the exact size.

Features	2,763
Geometry types	Point, LineString
Coordinate reference	WGS 84 (RFC 7946)
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-geojson-500kb.geojson, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  7b 0a 20 20 22 74 79 70  65 22 3a 20 22 46 65 61 |{.  "type": "Fea|
00000010  74 75 72 65 43 6f 6c 6c  65 63 74 69 6f 6e 22 2c |tureCollection",|
00000020  0a 20 20 22 6e 61 6d 65  22 3a 20 22 53 61 6d 70 |.  "name": "Samp|
00000030  6c 65 20 47 65 6f 4a 53  4f 4e 20 66 69 6c 65 20 |le GeoJSON file |

Preview

Creates the file in your browser and shows the first 64 KB of it.

Where 500 KB matters

A 512,000-byte file: larger than most API body limits, smaller than most upload limits. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Amazon DynamoDB items	400 KB per item	500 KB cannot be stored as a single item.
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	Rejected unless the limit is raised.
nginx request body	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Accepted with room to spare.

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Use this file for

Checking email size handling
Load-testing map rendering with many features
Testing map layers and spatial queries

Testing notes for GeoJSON

Polygon rings must be closed, with the first and last positions identical.
Swapped latitude and longitude put points in the wrong hemisphere or the ocean. Test with locations you can recognise.

GeoJSON format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-geojson-500kb.geojson
Format	GeoJSON (GeoJSON)
Extension	.geojson
MIME type	application/geo+json
Size	512,000 bytes (500 KB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	839f787774f8534029619ed3f645244807d6ffb972e1e771056c69b332c17220
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	GIS

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Verify your copy

This file is created in your browser, so it has no direct URL for curl or wget. The generator is designed to produce reproducible bytes. After saving, compare the checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

sha256sum sample-geojson-500kb.geojson     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-geojson-500kb.geojson # macOS

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 500 KB?: Yes. It is 512,000 bytes, which is 500 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 500 KB GeoJSON file?: A FeatureCollection of 2,763 features: 2,488 points and 276 line strings with longitude-latitude coordinates (WGS 84) and properties. A "padding" member, which GeoJSON readers ignore, brings the file to the exact size.
Where are the sample features located?: Near sixteen real cities on six continents, with small random offsets, so the result is easy to check on a map.

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