rooot viewer

GML viewer

View GML files (.gml, .xml) on a 3D map in your browser. Geography Markup Language — the OGC XML format used by EU INSPIRE and UK OS Open Data. No account, no install, no upload until you decide to convert or hand off to the rooot.it route planner.

Open the viewer → or jump straight to a conversion:

About GML

GML (Geography Markup Language) is an OGC-standard XML format for encoding geographic features. It is the canonical exchange format for European INSPIRE directives, UK Ordnance Survey Open Data, and many national-mapping-agency products. Verbose, but machine-readable and namespaced for semantic precision.

Typical producers: Ordnance Survey, EU INSPIRE portals, GeoServer (WFS), QGIS, GDAL/OGR.
Typical consumers: QGIS, PostGIS (ogr2ogr), GeoServer, FME.

How to view a GML file

  1. Open the viewer.
  2. Drag your GML file (.gml, .xml) onto the page, or click the + in the Places panel.
  3. The file renders on a 3D MapLibre globe. Use the right-hand panel to toggle background layers (borders, labels, roads, buildings, transportation, places, terrain).
  4. Click features for details, or use the bottom toolbar to convert to another format.

Convert GML to other formats

GML viewer FAQ

Can I view a GML file from INSPIRE or Ordnance Survey online?

Yes — drop the .gml on rooot viewer. Most INSPIRE / OS Open Data downloads work directly. For multi-layer schemas every layer is read and merged.

How do I convert GML to GeoJSON or Shapefile?

Drop the .gml, pick the target format from Convert, click Download. The conversion is driven by the OGR GML driver under the hood.

My GML file is verbose XML — does that matter?

Only for upload size (50 MB cap). On the wire the size is fine; once parsed it becomes a normal FeatureCollection. Convert to GeoPackage or FlatGeobuf to shrink it dramatically for downstream use.

Is rooot viewer free?

Yes. No account required. There are no per-conversion or per-view charges.

Does rooot viewer upload my files?

Files are parsed server-side for rendering but are not persisted unless you click Convert or Open in roooute. Persisted files are deleted within 24 hours.

Privacy

Files dropped on the main viewer are parsed server-side for rendering but are not persisted. Persistence happens only when you click Convert or Open in roooute; persisted files are deleted within 24 hours. Direct conversions through the per-format converter pages do not persist anything at all.