id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 6773,ArcGIS JSON with multiples paths for feature is not parsed well to GeoJSON,ethervoid,warmerdam,"I have a JSON from ArcGIS this way: {{{ {""objectIdFieldName"":""OBJECTID"",""globalIdFieldName"":""GlobalID"",""geometryProperties"":{""shapeLengthFieldName"":""Shape__Length"",""units"":""esriMeters""},""geometryType"":""esriGeometryPolyline"",""spatialReference"":{""wkid"":102100,""latestWkid"":3857},""fields"":[{""name"":""OBJECTID"",""type"":""esriFieldTypeOID"",""alias"":""OBJECTID"",""sqlType"":""sqlTypeOther"",""domain"":null,""defaultValue"":null},{""name"":""Id"",""type"":""esriFieldTypeInteger"",""alias"":""Id"",""sqlType"":""sqlTypeOther"",""domain"":null,""defaultValue"":null},{""name"":""NAME"",""type"":""esriFieldTypeString"",""alias"":""NAME"",""sqlType"":""sqlTypeOther"",""length"":50,""domain"":null,""defaultValue"":null}],""features"":[{""attributes"":{""OBJECTID"":718,""Id"":0,""NAME"":""LEONA DR""},""geometry"":{""paths"":[[[-13599252.3267,4548298.0004],[-13599251.8815,4548305.3243],[-13599250.6569,4548318.0003],[-13599248.9872,4548326.7325],[-13599246.6495,4548336.5917],[-13599244.2004,4548346.8733],[-13599241.1948,4548356.8733],[-13599238.1893,4548366.0282],[-13599234.8496,4548374.0563],[-13599230.9535,4548384.0563],[-13599224.0517,4548399.9717]],[[-13599214.4229,4547925.0618],[-13599204.5652,4547939.147],[-13599192.2142,4547964.9104],[-13599188.7633,4547972.6565],[-13599185.3124,4547980.4028],[-13599183.5313,4547985.0505],[-13599180.637,4547992.6559],[-13599178.4106,4547999.2752],[-13599175.5163,4548011.5284],[-13599174.737,4548015.4719],[-13599173.5126,4548021.6688],[-13599172.2881,4548028.57],[-13599171.6201,4548033.0768],[-13599170.9522,4548039.133],[-13599170.6182,4548046.0342],[-13599170.8409,4548052.6536],[-13599171.0634,4548059.1323],[-13599171.2861,4548066.7377],[-13599171.7314,4548075.1881],[-13599172.3993,4548082.7935],[-13599173.7352,4548089.8357],[-13599175.071,4548094.9058],[-13599178.2992,4548107.4407],[-13599180.0804,4548113.2152],[-13599182.752,4548120.6798],[-13599185.9803,4548128.9895],[-13599188.0954,4548133.778],[-13599190.3217,4548138.144],[-13599193.3274,4548143.7777],[-13599209.1348,4548169.9743],[-13599229.5063,4548203.7765],[-13599233.8476,4548211.5227],[-13599238.6344,4548221.6635],[-13599241.0835,4548228.0014],[-13599243.0873,4548234.621],[-13599244.757,4548240.8182],[-13599246.5381,4548247.156],[-13599248.3192,4548254.7616],[-13599250.1004,4548263.2122],[-13599251.7701,4548277.2964],[-13599252.438,4548286.5922],[-13599252.4381,4548294.761]]]}}]} }}} It has two elements in the paths array for the feature. If we use the following command: {{{ ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON test.json input_data.json OGRGeoJSON -nlt PROMOTE_TO_MULTI }}} we're going to have a GeoJSON but with the multiple paths squashed into one Multiline: {{{ MULTILINESTRING((-122.164162176726 37.7793209627591,-122.164158177426 37.779372962943,-122.164147176657 37.7794629633113,-122.164132177487 37.7795249623969,-122.16411117757 37.7795949631801,-122.164089176931 37.7796679629525,-122.164062177167 37.7797389632845,-122.164035178301 37.7798039633185,-122.164005177265 37.7798609629955,-122.163970178003 37.7799319631421,-122.163908178079 37.7800449625747,-122.163821681097 37.7766730251935,-122.163733127871 37.7767730346131,-122.163622176951 37.7769559626334,-122.163591176988 37.7770109622242,-122.163560177026 37.7770659631942,-122.163544177133 37.7770989631885,-122.163518177194 37.7771529636638,-122.163498177102 37.7771999625201,-122.163472177163 37.777286963542,-122.163465176592 37.7773149634329,-122.163454177619 37.7773589630371,-122.163443177749 37.777407963324,-122.163437177003 37.7774399627404,-122.163431177155 37.7774829632656,-122.163428176782 37.7775319634703,-122.16343017733 37.7775789627957,-122.163432176081 37.7776249630884,-122.16343417663 37.7776789631795,-122.163438176828 37.7777389629188,-122.163444176675 37.7777929629266,-122.163456177269 37.7778429640557,-122.163468176965 37.7778789628313,-122.163497176379 37.7779679631804,-122.163513177171 37.7780089632733,-122.163537176562 37.778061963377,-122.163566176874 37.7781209638095,-122.163585177141 37.7781549630384,-122.163605176334 37.7781859624262,-122.163632176996 37.7782259626935,-122.163774177287 37.7784119629068,-122.163957177585 37.7786519634523,-122.163996176146 37.7787069624913,-122.164039176702 37.7787789634435,-122.164061177342 37.778823963293,-122.164079177783 37.778870963217,-122.164094176954 37.7789149640251,-122.164110176847 37.7789599630819,-122.164126176741 37.7790139636177,-122.164142177533 37.7790739636935,-122.164157176703 37.779173962765,-122.164163176551 37.7792399636969,-122.164163177449 37.779297962789)) }}} instead of a MultiLineString with two elements like this one, which is the correct output: {{{ MULTILINESTRING((-122.164162176726 37.7793209627591,-122.164158177426 37.779372962943,-122.164147176657 37.7794629633113,-122.164132177487 37.7795249623969,-122.16411117757 37.7795949631801,-122.164089176931 37.7796679629525,-122.164062177167 37.7797389632845,-122.164035178301 37.7798039633185,-122.164005177265 37.7798609629955,-122.163970178003 37.7799319631421,-122.163908178079 37.7800449625747),(-122.163821681097 37.7766730251935,-122.163733127871 37.7767730346131,-122.163622176951 37.7769559626334,-122.163591176988 37.7770109622242,-122.163560177026 37.7770659631942,-122.163544177133 37.7770989631885,-122.163518177194 37.7771529636638,-122.163498177102 37.7771999625201,-122.163472177163 37.777286963542,-122.163465176592 37.7773149634329,-122.163454177619 37.7773589630371,-122.163443177749 37.777407963324,-122.163437177003 37.7774399627404,-122.163431177155 37.7774829632656,-122.163428176782 37.7775319634703,-122.16343017733 37.7775789627957,-122.163432176081 37.7776249630884,-122.16343417663 37.7776789631795,-122.163438176828 37.7777389629188,-122.163444176675 37.7777929629266,-122.163456177269 37.7778429640557,-122.163468176965 37.7778789628313,-122.163497176379 37.7779679631804,-122.163513177171 37.7780089632733,-122.163537176562 37.778061963377,-122.163566176874 37.7781209638095,-122.163585177141 37.7781549630384,-122.163605176334 37.7781859624262,-122.163632176996 37.7782259626935,-122.163774177287 37.7784119629068,-122.163957177585 37.7786519634523,-122.163996176146 37.7787069624913,-122.164039176702 37.7787789634435,-122.164061177342 37.778823963293,-122.164079177783 37.778870963217,-122.164094176954 37.7789149640251,-122.164110176847 37.7789599630819,-122.164126176741 37.7790139636177,-122.164142177533 37.7790739636935,-122.164157176703 37.779173962765,-122.164163176551 37.7792399636969,-122.164163177449 37.779297962789)) }}} ",defect,closed,normal,2.1.3,default,2.1.1,major,fixed,arcgis geojson multiline,