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In the past few years, we have seen an increase in the application of GIS to indoor spaces, typically in the form of a GeoJSON file. We will examine two GeoJSON formats: IMDF and MVF and how you can use these to take advantage of the latest developments in indoor mapping technology.  \",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}],\"data\":{}},{\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\",\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"What is GeoJSON?\",\"marks\":[],\"data\":{}}],\"data\":{}},{\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\",\"content\":[{\"nodeType\":\"text\",\"value\":\"GeoJSON is based on JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)and used to represent simple geographical features. The format is concerned with geographic data in the broadest sense. 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