I have a topojson map that has both county and state data in json format. There are no actual names for the states, but the states do each have a unique id. I would like to find a way to return the id of a state if the user clicks on one of its containing counties.
The trouble is I cannot seem to be able to access the state ids in the json when I set up my click event listener. I have sliced and diced the json data every which way, but I keep going in circles. Is it possible to have asymmetric information within the json file? I feel like the state ids are in a black box when working with the containing counties.
Let me know if anything comes to mind. I have a fully functional minimalist example here, where I am trying to return a console log of the state id based on user click.
Note: I would prefer to avoid point in polygon solutions for complexity reasons.
Seems your json file ships with FIPS county code. That means that first two digits of county code are in fact the state code. So Math.floor(county.id / 1000) is what you‘re looking for in the end.