diff --git a/types/wellknown/index.d.ts b/types/wellknown/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for wellknown 0.5
+// Project: https://github.com/mapbox/wellknown#readme
+// Definitions by: Yair Tawil <https://github.com/yairtawil>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export function parse(input: string): {};
+export function stringify(gj: {}): string;
diff --git a/types/wellknown/tsconfig.json b/types/wellknown/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "wellknown-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/wellknown/tslint.json b/types/wellknown/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/wellknown/wellknown-tests.ts b/types/wellknown/wellknown-tests.ts
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+import * as wellknown from 'wellknown';
+wellknown.parse("POINT(1 2)");
+const geoJson: {} = {
+    coordinates: [1, 2],
+    type: "Point"
+};
+wellknown.stringify(geoJson);