# @turf/distance-weight

> Calculate the influence or weight of points over an area based on their distances.

Latest version **7.4.0** (published 2026-08-03) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @turf/distance-weight
pnpm add @turf/distance-weight
yarn add @turf/distance-weight
bun add @turf/distance-weight
```

## Health

**Score 80/100 (A)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 7.4.0 |
| Published | 2026-08-03 |
| First published | 2018-03-30 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 6 |
| Unpacked size | 26.3 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 10491 |
| Author | Turf Authors |
| Maintainers | rowanwins, tmcw, morganherlocker, tcql, mdfedderly, twelch, jamesmilneruk, morgan.herlocker |
| Keywords | turf, distance-weight |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@turf/distance-weight
- Repository: https://github.com/Turfjs/turf
- Issues: https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/issues
- Funding: https://opencollective.com/turf
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@turf/distance-weight

## Dependencies (6)

- [tslib](https://npm.io/package/tslib.md) ^2.8.1
- [@turf/meta](https://npm.io/package/@turf/meta.md) 7.4.0
- [@turf/helpers](https://npm.io/package/@turf/helpers.md) 7.4.0
- [@turf/centroid](https://npm.io/package/@turf/centroid.md) 7.4.0
- [@types/geojson](https://npm.io/package/@types/geojson.md) ^7946.0.10
- [@turf/invariant](https://npm.io/package/@turf/invariant.md) 7.4.0

## Recent versions

- 7.4.0 (latest) — 2026-08-03
- 7.1.0-alpha.70 (prerelease) — 2024-08-09
- 7.3.5 — 2026-04-19
- 7.3.4 — 2026-02-08
- 7.3.3 — 2026-01-28
- 7.3.2 — 2026-01-14
- 7.3.1 — 2025-11-27
- 7.3.0 — 2025-11-17
- 7.2.0 — 2024-12-29
- 7.1.0 — 2024-08-09
- 7.1.0-alpha.7 — 2024-06-25
- 7.0.0 — 2024-06-07
- 7.0.0-alpha.116 — 2024-05-07
- 7.0.0-alpha.115 — 2024-04-23
- 7.0.0-alpha.114 — 2024-03-11
- … 16 more at https://npm.io/package/@turf/distance-weight/versions

## README

# @turf/distance-weight

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## pNormDistance

calcualte the Minkowski p-norm distance between two features.

### Parameters

*   `feature1` **[Feature][1]<[Point][2]>** point feature
*   `feature2` **[Feature][1]<[Point][2]>** point feature
*   `p`  p-norm 1=\<p<=infinity 1: Manhattan distance 2: Euclidean distance (optional, default `2`)

Returns **[number][3]**&#x20;

## distanceWeight

### Parameters

*   `fc` **[FeatureCollection][4]\<any>** FeatureCollection.
*   `options` **[Object][5]?** option object.

    *   `options.threshold` **[number][3]** If the distance between neighbor and
        target features is greater than threshold, the weight of that neighbor is 0. (optional, default `10000`)
    *   `options.p` **[number][3]** Minkowski p-norm distance parameter.
        1: Manhattan distance. 2: Euclidean distance. 1=\<p<=infinity. (optional, default `2`)
    *   `options.binary` **[boolean][6]** If true, weight=1 if d <= threshold otherwise weight=0.
        If false, weight=Math.pow(d, alpha). (optional, default `false`)
    *   `options.alpha` **[number][3]** distance decay parameter.
        A big value means the weight decay quickly as distance increases. (optional, default `-1`)
    *   `options.standardization` **[boolean][6]** row standardization. (optional, default `false`)

### Examples

```javascript
var bbox = [-65, 40, -63, 42];
var dataset = turf.randomPoint(100, { bbox: bbox });
var result = turf.distanceWeight(dataset);
```

Returns **[Array][7]<[Array][7]<[number][3]>>** distance weight matrix.

[1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.2

[2]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.1.2

[3]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number

[4]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-3.3

[5]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object

[6]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean

[7]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array

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This module is part of the [Turfjs project](https://turfjs.org/), an open source module collection dedicated to geographic algorithms. It is maintained in the [Turfjs/turf](https://github.com/Turfjs/turf) repository, where you can create PRs and issues.

### Installation

Install this single module individually:

```sh
$ npm install @turf/distance-weight
```

Or install the all-encompassing @turf/turf module that includes all modules as functions:

```sh
$ npm install @turf/turf
```

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