diff --git a/docs/GEOBIN.md b/docs/GEOBIN.md
index 4ce8301..a5e85ef 100644
--- a/docs/GEOBIN.md
+++ b/docs/GEOBIN.md
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ dimensions, followed by a series of coordinates that define the rectangle.
 - 1-byte integer: number of dimensions (4)
 - 8-byte float[8]: `[xmin, ymin, zmin, mmin, xmax, ymax, zmax, mmax]`
 
-GeoBIN only supports 2, 3, or 4 dimensions; or zero to omit this section
-altogether.
+GeoBIN only supports 2, 3, or 4 dimensions.
 
 ### Extra JSON Section
 
diff --git a/tests/test_geobin.c b/tests/test_geobin.c
index ac285c7..eeb2419 100644
--- a/tests/test_geobin.c
+++ b/tests/test_geobin.c
@@ -30,6 +30,30 @@ void perfect_match(const char *geojson_or_wkt, const char *expect, int dims, dou
 
     cmpfullrect(gdims, gmin, gmax, dims, min, max);
 
+    struct tg_rect rect = tg_geobin_rect(geobin, geobinlen);
+    gdims = 2;
+    gmin[0] = rect.min.x;
+    gmin[1] = rect.min.y;
+    gmax[0] = rect.max.x;
+    gmax[1] = rect.max.y;
+    cmpfullrect(gdims, gmin, gmax, 2, min, max);
+
+    struct tg_point point = tg_geobin_point(geobin, geobinlen);
+    gdims = 2;
+    gmin[0] = point.x;
+    gmin[1] = point.y;
+    gmax[0] = point.x;
+    gmax[1] = point.y;
+
+    double min2[4], max2[4];
+    min2[0] = (gmin[0]+gmax[0])/2;
+    min2[1] = (gmin[1]+gmax[1])/2;
+    max2[0] = min2[0];
+    max2[1] = min2[1];
+    cmpfullrect(gdims, gmin, gmax, 2, min2, max2);
+
+
+
     char geojson_or_wkt2[100000];
     size_t geojson_or_wkt2len;
     if (geojson_or_wkt[0] == '{') {
@@ -169,5 +193,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     do_test(test_geobin_fail);
     do_test(test_geobin_max_depth);
     do_chaos_test(test_geobin_chaos);
+    do_test(test_geobin_basic_syntax);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tg.c b/tg.c
index fe1ca39..d351d3c 100644
--- a/tg.c
+++ b/tg.c
@@ -14810,3 +14810,57 @@ int tg_geobin_fullrect(const uint8_t *geobin, size_t len, double min[4],
     }
     return dims;
 }
+
+struct tg_rect tg_geobin_rect(const uint8_t *geobin, size_t len) {
+    struct tg_rect rect = { 0 };
+    if (geobin && len > 2 && geobin[0] >= 0x01 && geobin[0] <= 0x04) {
+        if (geobin[0] == 0x01 && len >= 21) {
+            // Read Point
+            uint32_t type;
+            memcpy(&type, geobin+1, 4);
+            if (type == 1 || type == 1001 || type == 2001 || type == 3001) {
+                memcpy(&rect.min.x, geobin+5, 8);
+                memcpy(&rect.min.y, geobin+5+8, 8);
+                rect.max.x = rect.min.x;
+                rect.max.y = rect.min.y;
+            }
+        } else if (geobin[0] != 0x01 && len >= 2+8*(size_t)geobin[1]*2){
+            // Read MBR
+            int dims = geobin[1];
+            if (dims >= 2) {
+                memcpy(&rect.min.x, geobin+2, 8);
+                memcpy(&rect.min.y, geobin+2+8, 8);
+                memcpy(&rect.max.x, geobin+2+8*dims, 8);
+                memcpy(&rect.max.y, geobin+2+8*dims+8, 8);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return rect;
+}
+
+struct tg_point tg_geobin_point(const uint8_t *geobin, size_t len) {
+    struct tg_point point = { 0 };
+    if (geobin && len > 2 && geobin[0] >= 0x01 && geobin[0] <= 0x04) {
+        if (geobin[0] == 0x01 && len >= 21) {
+            // Read Point
+            uint32_t type;
+            memcpy(&type, geobin+1, 4);
+            if (type == 1 || type == 1001 || type == 2001 || type == 3001) {
+                memcpy(&point.x, geobin+5, 8);
+                memcpy(&point.y, geobin+5+8, 8);
+            }
+        } else if (geobin[0] != 0x01 && len >= 2+8*(size_t)geobin[1]*2){
+            // Read MBR
+            struct tg_rect rect = { 0 };
+            int dims = geobin[1];
+            if (dims >= 2) {
+                memcpy(&rect.min.x, geobin+2, 8);
+                memcpy(&rect.min.y, geobin+2+8, 8);
+                memcpy(&rect.max.x, geobin+2+8*dims, 8);
+                memcpy(&rect.max.y, geobin+2+8*dims+8, 8);
+            }
+            point = tg_rect_center(rect);
+        }
+    }
+    return point;
+}
diff --git a/tg.h b/tg.h
index d865384..9b4ede9 100644
--- a/tg.h
+++ b/tg.h
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ struct tg_geom *tg_parse(const void *data, size_t len);
 struct tg_geom *tg_parse_ix(const void *data, size_t len, enum tg_index ix);
 const char *tg_geom_error(const struct tg_geom *geom);
 int tg_geobin_fullrect(const uint8_t *geobin, size_t len, double min[4], double max[4]);
+struct tg_rect tg_geobin_rect(const uint8_t *geobin, size_t len);
+struct tg_point tg_geobin_point(const uint8_t *geobin, size_t len);
 
 /// @}