geospatial-viewers
Installation
SKILL.md
Geospatial Viewers
Three CLI tools for quick-look inspection of geospatial data. Always run them via uvx so they are auto-installed without polluting the project environment.
| Tool | Purpose | PyPI |
|---|---|---|
| viewtif | Interactive Qt viewer for rasters (GeoTIFF, HDF, NetCDF, FileGDB) | uvx viewtif |
| viewgeom | Interactive Qt viewer for vector datasets | uvx viewgeom |
| viewinline | Non-interactive terminal-inline viewer (rasters, vectors, CSV, Parquet) | uvx viewinline |
Choosing the Right Tool
- Need interactive zoom/pan/contrast? Use
viewtif(rasters) orviewgeom(vectors). - Quick inline preview in iTerm2/WezTerm/Konsole? Use
viewinline(no GUI window, renders in terminal). - CSV/Parquet analysis (stats, histograms, SQL)? Use
viewinline. - Vector file as table (describe, filter, sort)? Use
viewinline --table. - Headless server / SSH / HPC? Use
viewinline(renders on local terminal, no X11 needed).