mapbox/geobuf

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A compact binary encoding for geographic data.

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Forks: 86
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 32

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: ISC
Last GitHub push: Jun 29, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Write Dimension Field When Encoding Open

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mapbox/geobuf#132 · Opened Jan 4, 2026
Way to open in geopandas or pandas? Open

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mapbox/geobuf#131 · Opened Oct 29, 2024
Cannot decode geobuf from PostGIS Open

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mapbox/geobuf#128 · 2 comments · Opened May 23, 2022
TWKB vs GEOBUF :: Pros, Cons ? Open

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mapbox/geobuf#127 · Opened Mar 28, 2022
I Cannot decode geobuf with COORD_PRECISION different from 6 Open

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mapbox/geobuf#126 · Opened Mar 18, 2022
How to load encoded pbf into Mapbox Open

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mapbox/geobuf#125 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 20, 2022
Performance issue: Points from geobuf polygons use more array capacity than needed, wasting memory. Open

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mapbox/geobuf#122 · Opened Jan 13, 2022
PHP implementation Open

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mapbox/geobuf#121 · Opened Nov 17, 2021
How to: Incremental parsing/partial read Open

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mapbox/geobuf#120 · Opened Sep 19, 2021
Encoding about as slow as `JSON.stringify` Open

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mapbox/geobuf#119 · Opened Mar 19, 2021
Invalid `LineString` is not reported and breaks further Open

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mapbox/geobuf#118 · Opened Mar 19, 2021
Split analysis and encoding steps Open

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mapbox/geobuf#117 · Opened Mar 19, 2021
Decoding slower than JSON.parse() Open

question

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mapbox/geobuf#114 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 17, 2020
How to install pygeobuf? Open

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mapbox/geobuf#112 · Opened Apr 30, 2020
how to concatenate or merge the buf Open

question

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mapbox/geobuf#109 · Opened Sep 18, 2019
shp2geobuf TypeError: stream.on is not a function Open

bug

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mapbox/geobuf#105 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 17, 2019
geobuf.encode fails out of memory when encountering defective multi-MultiPolygons Open

bug

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mapbox/geobuf#104 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 3, 2019
Support newline-delimited GeoJSON Open

enhancement

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mapbox/geobuf#103 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 31, 2018
Properties are being removed from FeatureCollection Open

question

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mapbox/geobuf#102 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 12, 2018
Coordinate shifting for large polygons Open

bug

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mapbox/geobuf#98 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 22, 2018
RFC specifications Open

format design

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mapbox/geobuf#97 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 31, 2018
Lossy encoding of high-precision coordinates Open

format design question

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mapbox/geobuf#96 · 9 comments · Opened Mar 20, 2018
Can't encode large integer attributes Open

question

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mapbox/geobuf#87 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 9, 2017
File extension? Open

format design

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mapbox/geobuf#84 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 6, 2017
json2geobuf doesn't encode altitude properly if a coordinate is missing altitude value Open

bug

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mapbox/geobuf#78 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 24, 2017
Decode fails on POINT type (incompatibility with other PBF serializers) Open

bug

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mapbox/geobuf#77 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 18, 2017
geobuf2json failed，this is bug Open

question

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mapbox/geobuf#72 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 22, 2016
Geobuf Index Open

enhancement format design ready

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mapbox/geobuf#46 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 8, 2015
Geobuf format and streaming writes Open

format design

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mapbox/geobuf#37 · 20 comments · Opened Feb 4, 2015
shp2geobuf fails with shapefile containing one feature Open

bug ready

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

mapbox/geobuf#36 · Opened Jan 30, 2015
Compatibility with "classic GIS file formats" Open

enhancement format design

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mapbox/geobuf#34 · 6 comments · Opened Jan 19, 2015
Support missing coordinates Open

enhancement format design ready

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mapbox/geobuf#30 · Opened Jan 10, 2015

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