cli

OpenDroneMap

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Open-source CLI for turning aerial imagery into orthophotos, point clouds, DEMs, and 3D models.

GDAL

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Translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. The Swiss Army knife of GIS.

mapshaper

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Editor for Shapefile, GeoJSON and TopoJSON — simplify, clip and convert in the browser.

osm2pgsql

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Import OpenStreetMap data into a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database for map rendering and analysis.

Tippecanoe

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Build vector tilesets from large collections of GeoJSON features. Essential for tile generation.

Alternative to Mapbox

PDAL

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Point cloud data abstraction library and CLI for translating, filtering, and processing LiDAR.

Osmium

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Fast and flexible C++ library and command-line tool for working with OpenStreetMap data.

Entwine

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Lossless point-cloud organization library and CLI for building spatially indexed EPT datasets.

EODAG

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Unified Python API and CLI for searching and downloading Earth observation products.

Lossless LAZ compression library and CLI for LiDAR point clouds, the de facto LAS standard.

QuackOSM

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Python library and CLI for reading OpenStreetMap PBF data into GeoParquet with DuckDB.

Summarize raster data over vector zones, with Python API and rio CLI subcommands.

rio-cogeo

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Rasterio plugin for creating and validating Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs.