[?]What is a GML (.gml) file?
GML (Geography Markup Language) is an XML grammar defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to express spatial features, coordinate reference systems, and geographic properties. It is the mandatory data exchange standard for European INSPIRE spatial datasets, Ordnance Survey MasterMap, and international cadastral agencies.
[?]Which versions of GML are supported?
convrtr supports both GML 2.x (<gml:coordinates>) and modern GML 3.x (<gml:pos>, <gml:posList>), including Points, LineStrings, Polygons with interior holes, MultiPoints, and MultiPolygons, with automatic coordinate axis normalization (handling EPSG:4326 Lat/Lon vs Lon/Lat).
[?]Why convert GML to GeoJSON?
GML is notoriously verbose and complex to parse, making it unsupported by modern web map libraries like Leaflet and Mapbox GL JS without heavy backend GIS servers like GDAL/OGR. GeoJSON is lightweight, universally supported in JavaScript, and immediately ready for modern map visualization.
[?]Are my geographic records uploaded to any server?
Never. All XML parsing, coordinate extraction, and GeoJSON synthesis happen 100% locally inside your browser client.
[?]Why convert from GML to GEOJSON?
GML Document (GML) and GEOJSON Document (GEOJSON) serve distinct roles across the digital workflow. Converting to GEOJSON provides optimized compatibility, modern compression efficiency, or standardized playback across web browsers, operating systems, and media production environments.
[?]Is the GML to GEOJSON conversion lossless or lossy?
The output format (GEOJSON) is inherently lossless or supports lossless operation. Your original visual or audio fidelity is mathematically preserved without quantization artifacts.
[?]Does convrtr upload my files to any cloud server?
Never. convrtr is architected with a strict zero-upload model. All processing, decoding, decompression, and encoding happen 100% locally on your machine using sandboxed WebAssembly and Web Workers. Your data never touches an external server, database, or analytics collector.
[?]How can I convert GML to GEOJSON from the terminal / command line?
You can execute this conversion locally via command-line utilities such as ffmpeg, cwebp, or ImageMagick. For example: see the developer terminal recipe provided in the technical specifications dossier above. convrtr provides the identical local-first capability directly inside your browser without installing CLI packages.
[?]Can I batch convert multiple GML files to GEOJSON simultaneously?
Yes. You can drop multiple .gml files into the instrument to process them concurrently in browser Web Workers, or click 'Open in Master Studio' to queue mixed formats, configure individual targets, and export as a single ZIP archive.