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Geospatial Data Processing Tools

Tools and libraries designed for processing and analyzing geospatial data (including point clouds, raster, and vector formats) used in mapping and remote sensing applications.

32 projects

30,284 contributors

$991M

QGIS

QGIS is a free and open-source geographic information system (GIS) software that allows users to create, edit, visualize, analyze and publish geospatial information. It supports numerous vector and raster formats, databases, and provides extensive mapping and spatial analysis capabilities.

Contributors

7,785

Organizations

760

Software value

$427M

Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)

GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that provides a unified abstract data model and API for accessing and manipulating geographic data. It supports reading, writing, and processing of a wide variety of geospatial file formats.

Contributors

3,160

Organizations

639

Software value

$89M

Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM)

Open Source Routing Machine - C++ backend

Contributors

2,967

Organizations

494

Software value

$14M

Simple Features for R

Simple Features for R (sf) is a package that provides support for simple features, a standardized way to encode spatial vector data in R. It implements a consistent spatial data model for encoding 2D and 3D geometries and integrates with spatial databases and GIS software.

Contributors

1,438

Organizations

318

Software value

$981K

Valhalla

Open Source Routing Engine for OpenStreetMap

Contributors

1,391

Organizations

241

Software value

$31M

GeoServer

GeoServer is an open source server software that allows users to share, process and edit geospatial data. It publishes data from major spatial data sources using open standards, and allows users to output data in various formats including WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS and more. The software enables interoperability and can serve maps and data to popular mapping applications.

Contributors

1,091

Organizations

154

Software value

$64M

CloudCompare

CloudCompare is an open-source 3D point cloud and mesh processing software that allows users to perform registration, comparison, editing, and visualization of large 3D point clouds and triangular meshes. It supports multiple file formats and provides tools for computing geometric features, statistics, and performing spatial analysis.

Contributors

1,071

Organizations

161

Software value

$19M

OpenDroneMap

OpenDroneMap is an open source toolkit for processing aerial drone imagery. It automates the photogrammetry workflow to convert aerial images into georeferenced 2D maps and 3D models, including point clouds, digital elevation models, and orthophotos.

Contributors

1,036

Organizations

168

Software value

$635K

PDAL

PDAL (Point Data Abstraction Library) is an open source library for translating, filtering, and processing point cloud data. It provides a robust, high-performance solution for reading, writing, and manipulating point cloud data from various formats like LAS/LAZ, along with tools for data processing operations such as filtering, transforming, and analyzing point clouds.

Contributors

941

Organizations

193

Software value

$15M

WebODM

User-friendly, commercial-grade software for processing aerial imagery. 🛩

Contributors

907

Organizations

109

Software value

$5.3M

GeoTools

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data manipulation, including support for complex coordinate transformations, data structures for handling spatial information, and utilities for working with GIS data formats. It serves as a core component for building geospatial applications and processing geographic information.

Contributors

862

Organizations

125

Software value

$116M

osgEarth

3D Maps for OpenSceneGraph / C++14

Contributors

805

Organizations

65

Software value

$30M

OSMnx

OSMnx is a Python package for working with OpenStreetMap data, allowing users to download, model, analyze, and visualize street networks and other spatial data from OpenStreetMap. It enables researchers and developers to easily retrieve and process geospatial data for urban analysis, transportation planning, and network science.

Contributors

758

Organizations

138

Software value

$310K

pgRouting

Repository contains pgRouting library. Development branch is "develop", stable branch is "master"

Contributors

611

Organizations

120

Software value

$2.3M

photon

Photon is an open-source geocoding engine that converts addresses and place names into geographic coordinates. It provides fast and accurate search functionality for OpenStreetMap data, offering both forward (text to coordinates) and reverse (coordinates to text) geocoding capabilities through a REST API.

Contributors

584

Organizations

149

Software value

$572K

Overture Maps Foundation

The Overture Maps Foundation is focused on enabling the creation of reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data.

Contributors

553

Organizations

142

Software value

$32M

GRASS GIS

GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a free and open source Geographic Information System (GIS) software suite used for geospatial data management, analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. It supports both raster and vector data processing across multiple dimensions.

Contributors

536

Organizations

90

Software value

$40M

All the Places

A set of spiders and scrapers to extract location information from places that post their location on the internet.

Contributors

489

Organizations

91

Software value

$26M

pygeoapi

pygeoapi is an OGC API server implementation written in Python, providing a standardized way to serve and query geospatial data through modern web APIs. It enables organizations to publish spatial data, metadata, and processes following OGC API standards, supporting various data formats and services.

Contributors

463

Organizations

107

Software value

$2M

GPXSee

GPS log file viewer and analyzer with support for GPX, TCX, KML, FIT, IGC, NMEA, SLF, SML, LOC, GPI, GeoJSON and OziExplorer files.

Contributors

419

Organizations

52

Software value

$4.9M

geotiff.js

A JavaScript library for reading and parsing GeoTIFF images in web browsers and Node.js. It provides functionality to decode geographic raster data stored in TIFF format, supporting various compression methods and data types.

Contributors

405

Organizations

86

Software value

$252K

Py-ART

The Python-ARM Radar Toolkit. A data model driven interactive toolkit for working with weather radar data.

Contributors

371

Organizations

49

Software value

$2.7M

Generic Mapping Tools

The Generic Mapping Tools

Contributors

353

Organizations

52

Software value

$19M

Supercluster

A fast clustering library for points and polygons that implements a spatial index for fast point clustering on maps, designed for use with interactive maps and large datasets

Contributors

321

Organizations

84

Software value

$143K

Cesium Native

Cesium Native is a C++ library for 3D geospatial visualization and analysis, providing a native implementation of CesiumGS's core capabilities for working with 3D tiles, terrain, imagery, and geospatial data

Contributors

260

Organizations

25

Software value

$6.4M

GeoJSON Vector Tiles

A JavaScript library for slicing GeoJSON data into vector tiles on the fly, enabling efficient rendering of large geographic datasets by dynamically generating map tiles at different zoom levels

Contributors

166

Organizations

52

Software value

$51K

SeNtinel Application Platform (SNAP)

SNAP (SeNtinel Application Platform) is an open-source software platform for Earth Observation data processing and analysis, particularly focused on processing data from ESA's Sentinel satellites. It provides tools and frameworks for reading, processing, and analyzing remote sensing data, including optical, radar, and altimetric sensors.

Contributors

150

Organizations

13

Software value

$24M

SITS

SITS (Satellite Image Time Series) is a software package for analyzing and processing satellite image time series data. It provides tools for handling, classifying, and visualizing temporal patterns in Earth observation data, particularly focused on land use and land cover classification using machine learning techniques.

Contributors

135

Organizations

22

Software value

$1.6M

hale studio

HALE Studio is an open source software tool for data transformation and schema mapping, particularly focused on spatial data integration and harmonization. It enables users to define and execute complex data transformations between different data models and schemas, with special support for geospatial data standards.

Contributors

131

Organizations

18

Software value

$18M

Rasters.jl

Rasters.jl is a Julia package for working with raster data, providing a unified interface for loading, manipulating, and analyzing gridded spatial data. It offers functionality for handling various raster formats, coordinate systems, and spatial operations.

Contributors

125

Organizations

34

Software value

$559K

Kepler.gl

Kepler.gl is a powerful open source geospatial analysis tool for large-scale data sets.

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OpenAddresses

A global repository of open address, building, and parcel data.

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