libgeotiff ☆

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Description:
Library and tools for dealing with GeoTIFF

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: geospatial geotiff gis raster imaging cli

Install: brew install libgeotiff

About:
Libgeotiff is an open-source library for parsing and writing GeoTIFF files, which embed geospatial metadata within TIFF images. It provides a standalone library and command-line utilities to translate and manipulate georeferenced imagery. This enables interoperability between GIS software and remote sensing applications by handling coordinate systems and projection data.

Key Features:

Stand-alone library for reading and writing GeoTIFF metadata
Command-line tools for geotranslation and metadata manipulation
Supports coordinate system definitions via PROJ.4 strings
Integrates with GDAL and other geospatial libraries

Use Cases:

Adding georeferencing data to satellite or aerial imagery
Converting coordinate reference systems in TIFF files
Extracting projection metadata from GeoTIFF datasets
Building GIS workflows that require TIFF geotagging

Alternatives:

GDAL – GDAL provides broader raster format support and includes GeoTIFF capabilities via its internal libgeotiff; libgeotiff is more focused and lightweight.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 10:15pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	8b3cea6a