geosplit 0.4.2

Split GeoJSON by feature count or file size and convert GeoJSON to and from GeoPackage

GeoSplit

GeoSplit safely splits a GeoJSON FeatureCollection by feature count or exact file size. It can also convert GeoJSON to and from GeoPackage.

The splitter streams large inputs, preserves coordinate precision, limits memory to the active output chunk, checks available disk space, and uses recoverable output transactions.

Install

GeoSplit requires Python 3.10 or newer:

python -m pip install geosplit

On Windows, py can be used instead:

py -m pip install geosplit

Install optional GeoPackage support:

python -m pip install "geosplit[gpkg]"

Check the installation:

geosplit --version
geosplit --help
geosplit help split

If geosplit is not on your PATH, replace it with python -m geosplit or, on Windows, py -m geosplit.

Split GeoJSON

Split every 1,000 features:

geosplit split world.geojson --features 1000

The output directory is optional. When omitted, GeoSplit creates world_split beside the input. To choose it explicitly:

geosplit split world.geojson output --features 1000

Split using an exact maximum output size:

geosplit split world.geojson output --size 10MB

Sizes accept B, KB, KiB, MB, MiB, GB, and GiB. Every output is a complete compact GeoJSON document. A feature that cannot fit by itself produces an error.

Preview with dry-run

Show planned files, feature counts, sizes, warnings, and conflicts without creating anything:

geosplit split world.geojson --features 1000 --dry-run

Dry-run still reads and validates the complete input.

Other split options

Choose the output filename prefix:

geosplit split world.geojson --features 1000 --prefix countries

Replace output files previously managed by GeoSplit:

geosplit split world.geojson --features 1000 --force

Suppress progress and success output for scripts:

geosplit split world.geojson --features 1000 --quiet

Options can be combined:

geosplit split world.geojson output --size 50MiB --prefix region --force --quiet

Output files are numbered automatically, for example world_001.geojson. GeoSplit preserves top-level metadata except bbox, which would no longer describe each split collection. Interrupted transactions are recovered on the next run.

Convert GeoJSON and GeoPackage

Install geosplit[gpkg] first, then run:

# GeoJSON to GeoPackage
geosplit convert roads.geojson roads.gpkg

# Select the new GeoPackage layer name
geosplit convert roads.geojson map.gpkg --output-layer roads

# GeoPackage to GeoJSON
geosplit convert map.gpkg roads.geojson --layer roads

# Replace an existing destination
geosplit convert roads.geojson roads.gpkg --force

If a GeoPackage contains exactly one layer, --layer is optional.

Python API

Stream validated collections without writing files:

from geosplit import iter_batches

for collection in iter_batches("world.geojson", features=1000):
    process(collection)

Plan without writing, then perform a split:

from geosplit import plan_split, split_geojson

plan = plan_split("world.geojson", features_per_file=1000)
result = split_geojson("world.geojson", features_per_file=1000)

print(plan.files)
print(result.files)
print(result.feature_count)
print(result.total_bytes)

Use max_bytes instead of features_per_file for exact-size splitting.

Safety behavior

• Existing output is protected unless --force is supplied.
• --force only replaces files tracked by GeoSplit or recognized legacy output.
• Output is staged before replacing existing files.
• Coordinate values retain their parsed decimal precision.
• Invalid geometry structure, non-finite coordinates, corrupt JSON, and excessive nesting are rejected.
• A disk-space estimate is checked before staging; operating-system write errors are still handled if free space changes later.

Update

python -m pip install --upgrade geosplit

Contributing and security

See CONTRIBUTING.md and SECURITY.md.

License

MIT