diff --git a/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/GeoJson.java b/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/GeoJson.java
index a5d190256323df4d2b67985e02202e5137e0ca97..8944ecc8a888befce3a9853d42448a83ff6bd1fe 100644
--- a/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/GeoJson.java
+++ b/src/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/internal/GeoJson.java
@@ -95,21 +95,22 @@ public final class GeoJson {
         key, value, actual);
   }
 
-  /* GeoJSON objectsfor stadard GSON serialization */
+  /* GeoJSON objects for standard GSON serialization */
 
-  static class FeatureCollection {
+  public static class FeatureCollection<T> {
     String type = "FeatureCollection";
-    List<Feature> features;
+    public Object properties;
+    public List<T> features;
   }
 
-  static class Feature {
+  public static class Feature {
     String type = "Feature";
     String id;
     Geometry geometry = new Geometry();
     PropertiesObject properties;
   }
 
-  static Feature createPoint(NamedLocation loc) {
+  public static Feature createPoint(NamedLocation loc) {
     Feature f = new Feature();
     f.geometry.type = "Point";
     f.geometry.coordinates = toCoordinates(loc.location());
@@ -118,6 +119,16 @@ public final class GeoJson {
     return f;
   }
 
+  public static Feature createPoint(NamedLocation loc, String id) {
+    Feature f = new Feature();
+    f.geometry.type = "Point";
+    f.geometry.coordinates = toCoordinates(loc.location());
+    f.properties = new PropertiesObject();
+    f.properties.location = loc.toString();
+    f.properties.locationId = id;
+    return f;
+  }
+
   private static final String EXTENTS_COLOR = "#AA0078";
 
   static Feature createPolygon(
@@ -154,6 +165,8 @@ public final class GeoJson {
 
   static class PropertiesObject {
     String title;
+    String location;
+    String locationId;
   }
 
   static class PointProperties extends PropertiesObject {
@@ -182,7 +195,7 @@ public final class GeoJson {
   }
 
   /* brute force compaction of coordinate array onto single line */
-  static String cleanPoints(String s) {
+  public static String cleanPoints(String s) {
     return s.replace(": [\n          ", ": [")
         .replace(",\n          ", ", ")
         .replace("\n        ]", "]") + "\n";
@@ -197,5 +210,4 @@ public final class GeoJson {
         .replace("\n            ]", " ]")
         .replace("\n        ]", "]") + "\n";
   }
-
 }