How to Cite¶

If you use RustGIS in your research, teaching, software, or other work, please cite it. Citations help others find the project, recognize the contributors, and support the continued development of free and open-source geospatial software.

RustGIS is archived on Zenodo, which mints a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for every release. The DOI above is the concept DOI: it always resolves to the latest version. To cite a specific version instead, open the Zenodo record and copy the DOI shown for that release.

Recommended citation¶

Wu, Q., Rincón Albarracín, J. G., Filho, E., Hofbauer, D., & Fitzgerald, M. (2026). RustGIS: A fast, free and open-source GIS in pure Rust for mapping, analyzing and sharing geospatial data. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23633281

BibTeX¶

@software{wu_rustgis,
  author    = {Wu, Qiusheng and Rincón Albarracín, José Gregorio and Filho, Elpidio and Hofbauer, Daniel and Fitzgerald, Mavrick},
  title     = {{RustGIS: A fast, free and open-source GIS in pure Rust for mapping, analyzing and sharing geospatial data}},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23633281},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23633281}
}

APA¶

Wu, Q., Rincón Albarracín, J. G., Filho, E., Hofbauer, D., & Fitzgerald, M. (2026). RustGIS: A fast, free and open-source GIS in pure Rust for mapping, analyzing and sharing geospatial data [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23633281

Citation metadata file¶

The repository ships a CITATION.cff file, so you can also use GitHub's "Cite this repository" button (in the sidebar of the repository page) to copy a ready-made APA or BibTeX entry. Reference managers such as Zotero and tools like cffconvert read the same file.

Citing dependencies¶

RustGIS builds on many open-source projects. If your work relies heavily on a particular component, please consider citing it as well. See the Acknowledgements page for the full list of projects that make RustGIS possible.