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+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace examples
+{
+    public static class RouteGuideUtil
+    {
+        public const string DefaultFeaturesFile = "route_guide_db.json";
+
+        private const double CoordFactor = 1e7;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates whether the given feature exists (i.e. has a valid name).
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool Exists(Feature feature)
+        {
+            return feature != null && (feature.Name.Length != 0);
+        }
+
+        public static double GetLatitude(Point point)
+        {
+            return point.Latitude / CoordFactor;
+        }
+
+        public static double GetLongitude(Point point)
+        {
+            return point.Longitude / CoordFactor;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses features from a JSON file.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static List<Feature> ParseFeatures(string filename)
+        {
+            var features = new List<Feature>();
+            var jsonFeatures = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<JsonFeature>>(File.ReadAllText(filename));
+
+
+            foreach(var jsonFeature in jsonFeatures)
+            {
+                features.Add(Feature.CreateBuilder().SetName(jsonFeature.name).SetLocation(
+                    Point.CreateBuilder()
+                        .SetLongitude(jsonFeature.location.longitude)
+                        .SetLatitude(jsonFeature.location.latitude).Build()).Build());
+            }
+            return features;
+        }
+
+        private class JsonFeature
+        {
+            public string name;
+            public JsonLocation location;
+        }
+
+        private class JsonLocation
+        {
+            public int longitude;
+            public int latitude;
+        }
+    }
+}