cli

GDAL

OSS

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

mapshaper

OSS

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

OpenDroneMap

OSS

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

osm2pgsql

OSS

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

Osmium

OSS

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

PDAL

OSS

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

rio-cogeo

OSS

Rasterio plugin for creating and validating Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs.

Tippecanoe

OSS

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

Alternative to Mapbox