rooot viewer

GeoPackage viewer

View GeoPackage files (.gpkg) on a 3D map in your browser. OGC SQLite container for vectors and rasters — the modern Shapefile replacement. 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 GeoPackage

GeoPackage (.gpkg) is an OGC standard that stores many layers — vector and raster — inside a single SQLite database with spatial indexes. It scales far beyond Shapefile and is the recommended format for GIS exchange today.

Typical producers: QGIS, OGR/GDAL, PostGIS, GeoServer.
Typical consumers: QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, GDAL, Mapbox Tippecanoe.

How to view a GeoPackage file

  1. Open the viewer.
  2. Drag your GeoPackage file (.gpkg) 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 GeoPackage to other formats

GeoPackage viewer FAQ

Can I view a GeoPackage (.gpkg) file in the browser?

Yes — drop the .gpkg on rooot viewer. Every layer is read and rendered.

Are multi-layer GeoPackages supported?

Yes. Features from all layers are merged for display, with the source layer recorded as `_layer` in feature properties so you can filter or export by layer.

Does this work with GeoPackages from QGIS, PostGIS, or GeoServer?

Any OGC-conformant GeoPackage works. The reader uses the standard fiona/GDAL GPKG driver under the hood.

Why prefer GeoPackage over Shapefile?

No 2 GB ceiling, no field-name length limits, multi-layer support, spatial indexes, and a single file instead of five. GeoPackage is the OGC-recommended replacement for Shapefile.

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.