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LineOffset results in 'round the world' line

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Has anyone else experienced this, or at least can tell me where I might be going wrong? I've reduced the problem to its simplest form here:

https://codepen.io/MarkMoir/pen/ZEEmQzv

In a nutshell, it's a line which has co-ordinates to do this:

A > B
B > C
C > B
B > D

So it's actually a vehicle journey which goes down a side road, before returning to the main road, and then onwards. I want to offset this line to an additional line which is e.g. 30m offset.

The original data is:

[ -2.9640536, 54.8791016 ],
[ -2.965021, 54.8830571 ],
[ -2.9667652, 54.8810392 ],
[ -2.965021, 54.8830571 ],
[ -2.9662238, 54.8844674 ],
[ -2.9628946, 54.8873606 ]

When I pass it through the LineOffset function, the returned geojson is broken, as you can see in the example. I think it's to do with the isParallel or similar call within the LineOffset function. The resulting in this:

[-2.9637915279707676, 54.87916569517914],
[-2.964883157834206, 54.88362914558728],
[1086983897.184041, 1257553553.4015863],
[-2.9646653815836412, 54.883055897673366],
[-2.9658450662483875, 54.88443909461608],
[-2.962717626725687, 54.88715695717377]

As you can see, the third pair of coordinates isn't great :) It results in a line going around the world, as far as I can tell. I'm guessing it's to do with some precision which is giving a number to a large number of decimal places.

Cheers for any help or comments.

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Research direction

Start with the linked CodePen and reproduce the failure through the LineOffset function, then inspect the isParallel call mentioned in the report. Done means the repeated A→B→C→B→D route produces finite offset coordinates without the third point sending the line around the world.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
data
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
32/100

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