Category
Vector
Tools specialized in vector data formats and operations.
38 tools
38 tools found
QGIS Server
Open-source map server for publishing QGIS projects through OGC web services.
Alternative to ArcGIS
OpenLayers
High-performance, feature-packed library for creating interactive maps on the web.
Alternative to Google Maps Platform, Bing Maps
MapLibre GL JS
Open-source TypeScript library for publishing maps on your website. Fast vector tile rendering.
Alternative to Mapbox, Google Maps Platform, Bing Maps
GDAL
Translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. The Swiss Army knife of GIS.
geo
Rust crate of geospatial primitives, algorithms and CRS utilities.
Tile38
In-memory geospatial database and geofencing server for indexed location data.
GeoPandas
Python library extending pandas to allow spatial operations on geometric types.
Alternative to ArcGIS
Shapely
Python library for manipulation and analysis of planar geometric objects.
mapshaper
Editor for Shapefile, GeoJSON and TopoJSON — simplify, clip and convert in the browser.
OpenMapTiles
Open vector tile schema and Docker toolchain for self-hosted OSM basemaps.
Alternative to Mapbox, Google Maps Platform
Leaflet-Geoman
Leaflet plugin for drawing, editing, measuring, and managing geometry layers.
Apache Sedona
Distributed spatial processing engine for large-scale vector and raster data with spatial SQL.
GeoTools
Open-source Java GIS toolkit for geospatial formats, standards, and services.
tilemaker
Build vector tiles from OpenStreetMap with a single command — no database needed.
Tippecanoe
Build vector tilesets from large collections of GeoJSON features. Essential for tile generation.
Alternative to Mapbox
JSTS
JavaScript port of the JTS topology suite for 2D spatial predicates and operations.
GEOS
C/C++ computational geometry library powering PostGIS, Shapely and QGIS.
Tegola
Fast Mapbox Vector Tile server written in Go with PostGIS and GeoPackage support.
Alternative to Mapbox
GeoMesa
Distributed spatio-temporal storage and query suite for geospatial data.
Fiona
Pythonic file I/O for geospatial vector data, wrapping GDAL/OGR.
MapServer
Open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive maps to the web.
Alternative to ArcGIS
GRASS GIS
Free, open-source GIS software for geospatial data management, analysis, and visualization.
Alternative to ArcGIS
FlatGeobuf
Binary geospatial vector format with fast streaming via HTTP range requests.
gdal3.js
WebAssembly build of GDAL and OGR for geospatial processing in browsers and Node.js.
geojson-vt
Slices GeoJSON into vector tiles on the fly in the browser, for rendering without a tile server.
H2GIS
Spatial extension for H2 with OGC-compatible spatial SQL and analysis tools.
JTS Topology Suite
Java library of 2D spatial predicates and functions; the design behind GEOS and JSTS.
Koop
JavaScript toolkit for serving transformed geospatial data through web mapping APIs.
QuackOSM
Python library and CLI for reading OpenStreetMap PBF data into GeoParquet with DuckDB.
MapLibre-Geoman
MapLibre plugin for drawing, measuring, and editing geometry layers in web maps.
NetTopologySuite
C# port of the JTS Topology Suite for vector geometry and spatial predicates.
pygeoapi
Python server implementation of the OGC API suite for publishing geospatial data.
Osmium
Fast and flexible C++ library and command-line tool for working with OpenStreetMap data.
Overpass API
Query engine that runs Overpass QL against the OpenStreetMap database over HTTP.
Overture Maps
Open, conflated global map data published as cloud-native GeoParquet by a Linux Foundation project.
pyshp
Pure-Python library for reading and writing ESRI Shapefiles without GDAL.
Simple Features for R
R package implementing the OGC Simple Features standard for spatial data in R.
Spatial4j
General purpose geospatial library for Java, a LocationTech project.