Find centerpoint of polygon in JavaScript

This will get the centerpoint of any shape as an array [centerX, centerY]:

var center = function (arr)
{
    var minX, maxX, minY, maxY;
    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
    {
        minX = (arr[i][0] < minX || minX == null) ? arr[i][0] : minX;
        maxX = (arr[i][0] > maxX || maxX == null) ? arr[i][0] : maxX;
        minY = (arr[i][1] < minY || minY == null) ? arr[i][1] : minY;
        maxY = (arr[i][1] > maxY || maxY == null) ? arr[i][1] : maxY;
    }
    return [(minX + maxX) / 2, (minY + maxY) / 2];
}

Another way:

var center = function (arr)
{
    var x = arr.map (function (a){ return a[0] });
    var y = arr.map (function (a){ return a[1] });
    var minX = Math.min.apply (null, x);
    var maxX = Math.max.apply (null, x);
    var minY = Math.min.apply (null, y);
    var maxY = Math.max.apply (null, y);
    return [(minX + maxX) / 2, (minY + maxY) / 2];
}
getCenter (coords);

Alternatively if your browser supports ECMAScript 6, then you can use Arrow functions and Spread syntax as follows:

var center = function (arr)
{
    var x = arr.map (xy => xy[0]);
    var y = arr.map (xy => xy[1]);
    var cx = (Math.min (...x) + Math.max (...x)) / 2;
    var cy = (Math.min (...y) + Math.max (...y)) / 2;
    return [cx, cy];
}

jsfiddle

This should get the centroid of the area of any polygon

/*jslint sub: true, maxerr: 50, indent: 4, browser: true */
/*global console */

(function () {
    "use strict";

    function Point(x, y) {
        this.x = x;
        this.y = y;
    }

    function Region(points) {
        this.points = points || [];
        this.length = points.length;
    }

    Region.prototype.area = function () {
        var area = 0,
            i,
            j,
            point1,
            point2;

        for (i = 0, j = this.length - 1; i < this.length; j=i,i++) {
            point1 = this.points[i];
            point2 = this.points[j];
            area += point1.x * point2.y;
            area -= point1.y * point2.x;
        }
        area /= 2;

        return area;
    };

    Region.prototype.centroid = function () {
        var x = 0,
            y = 0,
            i,
            j,
            f,
            point1,
            point2;

        for (i = 0, j = this.length - 1; i < this.length; j=i,i++) {
            point1 = this.points[i];
            point2 = this.points[j];
            f = point1.x * point2.y - point2.x * point1.y;
            x += (point1.x + point2.x) * f;
            y += (point1.y + point2.y) * f;
        }

        f = this.area() * 6;

        return new Point(x / f, y / f);
    };

    var polygon = [
            {"x": -1.2, "y": 5.1},
            {"x": -1.3, "y": 5.2},
            {"x": -1.8, "y": 5.9},
            {"x": -1.9, "y": 5.8}
        ],
        region = new Region(polygon);

    console.log(region.centroid());
}());

On jsfiddle

To get the bounds of a Polygon (with your data) in the Google Maps API v3 (not tested):

var coords = [
  [ -1.2, 5.1 ],
  [ -1.3, 5.2 ],
  [ -1.8, 5.9 ],
  [ -1.9, 5.8 ]
];

var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
for (var i = 0; i<coords.length; i++) {
   bounds.extend(new google.maps.LatLng(coords[i][0], coords[i][1]));
}
var center = bounds.getCenter();

var latitude = center.lat();           // latitude=-1.5499999999999998
var longitude = center.lng();          // longitude=5.5
var coordinates = center.toUrlValue(); // coordinates=-1.55,5.5

var coords = [
  [-1.2, 5.1],
  [-1.3, 5.2],
  [-1.8, 5.9],
  [-1.9, 5.8]
];

var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
for (var i = 0; i < coords.length; i++) {
  bounds.extend(new google.maps.LatLng(coords[i][0], coords[i][1]));
}
var center = bounds.getCenter();

var latitude = center.lat();
console.log("latitude=" + latitude);
var longitude = center.lng();
console.log("longitude=" + longitude);
var coordinates = center.toUrlValue();
console.log("coordinates=" + coordinates);

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