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estimate-area returns with `too many values to unpack` error

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Start with the estimate_area entry point in mapbox_tilesets/scripts/cli.py and calculate_tiles_area in mapbox_tilesets/utils.py, then reproduce the command using the reported NDGeoJSON Point geometry. Trace how the geometry reaches supermercado's burn function and verify that estimate-area completes and returns an area estimate for the supplied input.

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Description

I'm trying to get an estimate of the cost for the MTS publish process.

With the CLI and the estimate-area command, the program exists with an error.

*****/dist$ tilesets estimate-area -p 10m --no-validation wpt.geojson.l
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "*****/.local/bin/tilesets", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(cli())
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 829, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 782, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1259, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 610, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "*****/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mapbox_tilesets/scripts/cli.py", line 776, in estimate_area
    area = utils.calculate_tiles_area(features, precision)
  File "*****/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mapbox_tilesets/utils.py", line 210, in calculate_tiles_area
    tiles = burn(features, zoom)
  File "*****/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/supermercado/burntiles.py", line 78, in burn
    bounds = find_extrema(polys)
  File "*****/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/supermercado/burntiles.py", line 44, in find_extrema
    *[_feature_extrema(f["geometry"]) for f in features]
  File "*****/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/supermercado/burntiles.py", line 44, in <listcomp>
    *[_feature_extrema(f["geometry"]) for f in features]
  File "*****/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/supermercado/burntiles.py", line 35, in _feature_extrema
    x, y = geometry["coordinates"]
ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2)

the provided file is NDGeojson of about 2500 lines with a pretty long object, but with a very simple geometry part. eg:

{"type":"Feature","id":"61e05cbe6f0d7b000ea5cbbd","properties":{"trafficType":["VFR"],"magneticDeclination":1.734,"name":"CLERMONT FERRAND AUVERGNE","icaoCode":"LFLC","type":"Airport resp. Airfield IFR","country":"FR","elevation":[333,"m","MSL"],"frequencies":[[12222500,"MHz","CLERMONT APPROCHE et Information","Approach"],[11862500,"MHz","CLERMONT TWR et VDF","Tower"],[12195000,"MHz","CLERMONT SOL - GND","Ground"],[11937500,"MHz","CLERMONT APPROCHE et Information","Approach"],[13640500,"MHz","CLERMONT ATIS","ATIS"]],"runways":[{"alignedTrueNorth":false,"mainRunway":false,"turnDirection":2,"takeOffOnly":false,"landingOnly":false,"pilotCtrlLighting":false,"_id":"61e05cbe6f0d7b000ea5cbc3","operations":0,"surface":{"composition":[2],"mainComposite":2,"condition":0,"mtow":{"value":5.7,"unit":9}},"dimension":{"length":{"value":645,"unit":0},"width":{"value":60,"unit":0}},"designator":"01","trueHeading":7,"declaredDistance":{"tora":{"value":645,"unit":0},"lda":{"value":645,"unit":0}}},{"alignedTrueNorth":false,"mainRunway":false,"turnDirection":2,"takeOffOnly":false,"landingOnly":false,"pilotCtrlLighting":false,"_id":"61e05cbe6f0d7b000ea5cbc4","operations":0,"surface":{"composition":[2],"mainComposite":2,"condition":0,"mtow":{"value":5.7,"unit":9}},"dimension":{"length":{"value":645,"unit":0},"width":{"value":60,"unit":0}},"designator":"19","trueHeading":187,"declaredDistance":{"tora":{"value":645,"unit":0},"lda":{"value":645,"unit":0}}},{"alignedTrueNorth":false,"mainRunway":true,"turnDirection":2,"takeOffOnly":false,"landingOnly":false,"pilotCtrlLighting":false,"_id":"61e05cbe6f0d7b000ea5cbc5","operations":0,"surface":{"composition":[0],"mainComposite":0,"condition":0,"pcn":"78/F/C/W/T"},"dimension":{"length":{"value":3013,"unit":0},"width":{"value":45,"unit":0}},"designator":"08","trueHeading":81,"declaredDistance":{"tora":{"value":3013,"unit":0},"lda":{"value":3013,"unit":0}}},{"alignedTrueNorth":false,"mainRunway":true,"turnDirection":2,"takeOffOnly":false,"landingOnly":false,"pilotCtrlLighting":false,"visualApproachAids":[1],"_id":"61e05cbe6f0d7b000ea5cbc6","operations":0,"surface":{"composition":[0],"mainComposite":0,"condition":0,"pcn":"78/F/C/W/T"},"dimension":{"length":{"value":3013,"unit":0},"width":{"value":45,"unit":0}},"designator":"26","trueHeading":261,"declaredDistance":{"tora":{"value":3013,"unit":0},"lda":{"value":2870,"unit":0}}},{"alignedTrueNorth":false,"mainRunway":false,"turnDirection":2,"takeOffOnly":false,"landingOnly":false,"pilotCtrlLighting":false,"_id":"61e05cbe6f0d7b000ea5cbc7","operations":0,"surface":{"composition":[2],"mainComposite":2,"condition":0,"mtow":{"value":5.7,"unit":9}},"dimension":{"length":{"value":909,"unit":0},"width":{"value":50,"unit":0}},"designator":"08L","trueHeading":81,"declaredDistance":{"tora":{"value":909,"unit":0},"lda":{"value":909,"unit":0}}},{"alignedTrueNorth":false,"mainRunway":false,"turnDirection":2,"takeOffOnly":false,"landingOnly":false,"pilotCtrlLighting":false,"_id":"61e05cbe6f0d7b000ea5cbc8","operations":0,"surface":{"composition":[2],"mainComposite":2,"condition":0,"mtow":{"value":5.7,"unit":9}},"dimension":{"length":{"value":909,"unit":0},"width":{"value":50,"unit":0}},"designator":"26R","trueHeading":261,"declaredDistance":{"tora":{"value":909,"unit":0},"lda":{"value":909,"unit":0}}}],"updatedAt":"2022-01-13T17:09:18.810Z","elevationGeoid":{"geoidHeight":50.5352400000005,"hae":383.5352400000005},"misc":[]},"geometry":{"type":"Point","coordinates":[3.1625,45.786111,333]}}

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