# OxiGDAL
**Pure Rust Geospatial Data Abstraction Library — the Rust alternative to GDAL**
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OxiGDAL is a comprehensive geospatial data abstraction layer written in **100% Pure Rust**
with zero C/Fortran dependencies. It provides GDAL-like functionality for reading, writing,
and processing geospatial raster and vector data.
## Quick Start
```toml
[dependencies]
oxigdal = "0.1" # GeoTIFF + GeoJSON + Shapefile by default
```
```rust
use oxigdal::Dataset;
fn main() -> oxigdal::Result<()> {
// Open any supported format — just like GDALOpen()
let dataset = Dataset::open("world.tif")?;
println!("Format: {}", dataset.format());
println!("Size: {}×{}", dataset.width(), dataset.height());
// List all enabled drivers
println!("Drivers: {:?}", oxigdal::drivers());
Ok(())
}
```
## Feature Flags
| `geotiff` | ✅ | GeoTIFF / COG raster format |
| `geojson` | ✅ | GeoJSON vector format |
| `shapefile` | ✅ | ESRI Shapefile |
| `full` | ❌ | All 13 format drivers |
| `cloud` | ❌ | S3, GCS, Azure storage |
| `proj` | ❌ | CRS transformations |
| `algorithms` | ❌ | Raster/vector algorithms |
| `ml` | ❌ | Machine learning |
| `gpu` | ❌ | GPU acceleration |
| `server` | ❌ | OGC tile server |
All format and feature flags can be enabled individually.
## Why OxiGDAL?
| **Dependencies** | C/C++ toolchain, PROJ, GEOS, etc. | `cargo add oxigdal` |
| **Cross-compilation** | Complex | Trivial (WASM, mobile, embedded) |
| **Memory safety** | Manual | Guaranteed by Rust |
| **Concurrency** | Thread-unsafe APIs | Fearless concurrency |
| **Binary size** | Large monolith | Pay-for-what-you-use features |
## Ecosystem
OxiGDAL is a workspace of **65+ crates** covering:
- **13 format drivers** (GeoTIFF, GeoJSON, Shapefile, GeoParquet, NetCDF, HDF5, Zarr, GRIB, STAC, Terrain, VRT, FlatGeobuf, JPEG2000)
- **Cloud storage** (S3, GCS, Azure Blob)
- **Processing** (algorithms, analytics, streaming, ML, GPU)
- **Serving** (OGC tile/feature server, WMS/WMTS/WFS)
- **Bindings** (Python, Node.js, WASM)
- **Infrastructure** (CLI, Jupyter, Kubernetes, edge computing)
## License
Licensed under Apache-2.0.
Copyright © COOLJAPAN OU (Team Kitasan)