Convert custom type to type [][]float64 - go

Question

With Golang I would like to get these trackpoints (latitude, longitude) out of the database to generate a GeoJSON file like this:
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[-122.271154,37.804348],[-122.272057,37.80295],[-122.272057,37.80295],[-122.278011,37.805288]]},"properties":null}]}
This is my code:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"time"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
_ "github.com/jinzhu/gorm/dialects/mysql"
geojson "github.com/paulmach/go.geojson"
"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
)
var db *gorm.DB
var err error
type Trackpoint struct {
Id int `json:"-"`
Latitude decimal.Decimal `json:"lat" sql:"type:decimal(10,8);"`
Longitude decimal.Decimal `json:"long" sql:"type:decimal(11,8);"`
Elevation uint
Timestamp time.Time
}
func returnTrackpoints(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
trackpoints := []Trackpoint{}
db.Find(&trackpoints)
coordinates := [][]float64{{-122.271154, 37.804348}, {-122.272057, 37.80295}, {-122.272057, 37.80295}, {-122.278011, 37.805288}}
fc := geojson.NewFeatureCollection()
fmt.Println(coordinates)
fc.AddFeature(geojson.NewLineStringFeature(coordinates))
rawJSON, err := fc.MarshalJSON()
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", string(rawJSON))
}
func handleRequests() {
log.Println("Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:10000/")
myRouter := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
myRouter.HandleFunc("/trackpoints", returnTrackpoints)
log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":10000", myRouter))
}
func main() {
db, err = gorm.Open("mysql", "user:password&#tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/database?charset=utf8&parseTime=True")
if err != nil {
log.Println("Connection Failed to Open")
} else {
log.Println("Connection Established")
}
db.AutoMigrate(&Trackpoint{})
handleRequests()
}
If I use
fc.AddFeature(geojson.NewLineStringFeature(coordinates)) GeoJSON output looks fine.
But I would like to use the coordinates out of my database like
fc.AddFeature(geojson.NewLineStringFeature(trackpoints))
to use my GPS data stored in the database, but I'm getting the error
./main.go:33:44: cannot use trackpoint (type []Trackpoint) as type [][]float64 in argument to geojson.NewLineStringFeature
How can I convert the []Trackpoint type to [][]float64?

Answer 1

make a slice with the same amount of elements as your trackpoints
Loop over each track point
Convert decimal.Decimal types to float64
Set float64 coordinates in the slice
pass new slice to fc.AddFeature
func returnTrackpoints(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
trackpoints := []Trackpoint{}
db.Find(&trackpoints)
coordinates := make([][]float64, len(trackpoints))
for i, trackpoint := range trackpoints {
lat, _ := trackpoint.Latitude.Float64()
long, _ := trackpoint.Longitude.Float64()
coordinates[i] = []float64{
lat,
long,
}
}
fc := geojson.NewFeatureCollection()
fmt.Println(coordinates)
fc.AddFeature(geojson.NewLineStringFeature(coordinates))
rawJSON, err := fc.MarshalJSON()
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", string(rawJSON))
}