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kepler.gl

A powerful open source geospatial analysis tool for large-scale data sets

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Kepler.gl is an open source geospatial analysis tool for working with large-scale location data. It renders datasets through WebGL and supports drag-and-drop file loading, free-form filtering with time playback, on-the-fly scaling and aggregation, and origin-destination analysis with brushing. Visual layer types include Arc, Line, Hexagon, Point, Heatmap, GeoJSON, and Buildings.

Built on Deck.gl and React & Redux, it can be embedded in mapping applications, with plugins available for Jupyter, Tableau, and Visual Studio Code. Spatial Desktop is a native desktop app built on kepler.gl, DuckDB, and SQLRooms for browser-free spatial queries on multi-GB datasets. It supports GeoParquet and PMTiles, spatial joins and aggregations with SQL group-bys, local or cloud storage for projects, and rendering of large point sets with interactive filtering. Kepler.gl is open source; no pricing or edition details are stated.

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