GeoLibre v2.0

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GeoLibre v2.0.0 is here!

GeoLibre is a free and open-source geospatial platform that runs everywhere: as a native desktop app, in the browser, on Android, and embedded right inside Jupyter notebooks. It brings modern web mapping, cloud-native data formats, and a full processing toolbox together in one place, all built on MapLibre and deck.gl with no proprietary lock-in.

Our first major release adds a true 3D globe, takes mapping beyond Earth to Mars and the Moon, lets styles round-trip with QGIS, and turns loaded vector layers into editable, save-back-to-source data.

What's new in v2.0.0

• Planetary mapping: explore Mars, the Moon, and other bodies with the OpenPlanetaryMap basemaps, a per-project ellipsoid, and a planet switcher right in the Layers panel.
• CesiumJS 3D globe: switch any map pane to a photorealistic 3D globe that stays camera-synced with your 2D maps and mirrors the layer stack.
• True 3D data: render vector layers with Z coordinates, load TIN/MultiPatch 3D shapefiles, and display KML/KMZ Collada (.dae) 3D models.
• Symbology interchange: import and export vector styling as OGC SLD, QGIS QML, and Mapbox GL style JSON, so styles round-trip between GeoLibre, QGIS, and the Mapbox/MapLibre ecosystem.
• Editable source layers: edit vector layers and write the changes back to their source, including GeoPackage and GeoJSON files and PostGIS database tables.
• Weather and sky: a new Weather menu with live cloud and precipitation radar overlays (RainViewer), plus a Google Earth-style sun position simulation for realistic lighting.
• Terrain and lighting: double-click the terrain control to set vertical exaggeration, and view any scene in true 3D relief.
• Smarter data import: bring in CSV without coordinates as an attribute table, split GPX track points and route points into separate layers, and load macOS-zipped and projected-CRS shapefiles.
• Raster in the browser: build normalized-difference indices for any HTTP COG and extract COG/WMS/XYZ bounding-box subsets client-side.
• Field Calculator upgrades: compute geometry length and area directly on your features.
• Attribute table: multi-select rows with Ctrl and Shift, plus faster navigation.
• Google Earth-style extras: "View in Google Maps / Google Earth" actions, camera-reset keyboard shortcuts, and a UTM easting/northing grid mode for the Gridlines overlay.
• New plugins: a Mapillary coverage and street-level image viewer, a Historical Imagery panel, and an Elevation Profile tool.
• Fully localized: all 13 language catalogs are complete, so the entire UI is translatable.

Try it out

• Launch GeoLibre Web: https://web.geolibre.app
• GitHub: https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre
• Documentation: https://geolibre.app
• Release notes: https://github.com/opengeos/GeoLibre/releases/tag/v2.0.0

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GeoLibre-v2.0-demo.mp4