# rio-cogeo

Canonical: https://gisforweb.com/tools/rio-cogeo/

Rasterio plugin for creating and validating Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs.

rio-cogeo is a Rasterio plugin and command-line tool for creating and validating Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) files. It enforces internal overviews and tiles according to the COG specification and can use GDAL's COG driver. It prepares raster imagery for cloud-hosted access and COG-based tile services.

## Details

- Type: plugin

- Categories: raster, data-processing

- Open source: Yes

- Pricing model: open-source

- License: BSD-3-Clause

## Features

- Creates Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs

- Validates rasters against COG specification

- Rasterio plugin with CLI

- Enforces internal tiling and overviews

- Supports the GDAL COG driver

- Multiple compression profiles including JPEG and WebP

## Project sources

- Website: https://cogeotiff.github.io/rio-cogeo/

- Documentation: https://cogeotiff.github.io/rio-cogeo/

- Repository: https://github.com/cogeotiff/rio-cogeo

Directory descriptions are summaries. Verify current capabilities and terms with the project sources.