https://davidhampgonsalves.com/tags/json/Recent content in JSON on David Hamp-GonsalvesHugoen-USThu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://davidhampgonsalves.com/compressing-json-into-a-brittle-lightweight-string/Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://davidhampgonsalves.com/compressing-json-into-a-brittle-lightweight-string/<p>Client side single page apps tend to throw a lot of JSON data across the internet. These are some techniques I used on <a href="http://crimeheatmap.ca">cimrheatmap.ca</a> to compress my Geo/Time data by about <strong>90%</strong> and avoided the overhead of gzipping the page. Be warned most of this was just for fun and is a silly idea because of the disadvantages listed bellow. <code>{lat\:45.123, lng\:-63.123, type\: 'Assult', timestamp\: '1383837388112'}</code> vs. <code>'3 0 '</code></p> <h2 id="maps-vs-arrays">Maps vs. Arrays</h2> <p>Standard JSON compression usually focuses on flatening the maps that are normally used to represent objects. This removes all the duplciate keys.</p>