[deniial00]

Summary

Reworks the roadmap along the lines discussed in #739, so contributors can see where the project is heading, what's already being worked on and where help is useful.

• ROADMAP.md
  • A last-reviewed date, and the goals behind the work.
  • Underway: an item counts when it has an open pull request, or someone said on its issue in the last week that they're on it.
  • Next, grouped by theme. Themes are not releases and not an order; where an item needs another one first, it says so. The themes are:
    • fixes and quick wins;
    • solid ground (datum grid shifts, autosave, signed builds, a keychain, overlay tools, batch runs);
    • expressions and cartography;
    • data at the source;
    • analysis;
    • first 3D scenes.
  • Self-contained items marked (open), and an Exploratory list that includes terrio integration.
  • Done brought up to date.
• GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md: the GeoLibre v3.4.0 parity checklist, moved from Tracking: feature parity with GeoLibre #77 into the repo so anyone can tick an item in the pull request that lands it. Statuses are updated against the current docs and code, and each planned item names its roadmap theme. Anything not confirmed stays under To verify.
• CONTRIBUTING.md: how to propose work, which items to pick freely, and which to coordinate first. Coordinate first covers changes to the data model, dependencies or crates, the .rgis format, command ids or parameters, the plugin interface, and Exploratory items.
• AGENTS.md: a pointer to the roadmap and contributing guide.

Feedback welcome: comment here, open a pull request against deniial00:docs/roadmap-rework, or open your own.

Testing

Documentation only. I checked the claims in Done, in the parity file and in the open items against docs/ and the code, and checked that the relative links resolve.

Related issue

Part of #739. Once this merges, #77 will point to GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md and be closed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Expanded contributor guidance with links to build, testing, documentation, and release information, plus steps for proposing work and coordinating substantial changes.
  • Updated the roadmap with project goals, ongoing and planned work, and a revised list of completed capabilities.
  • Added a feature-parity inventory comparing RustGIS capabilities with GeoLibre, including gaps and items still to verify.
  • Added guidance to review the roadmap and contribution instructions before choosing work.

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The pull request adds contributor workflow guidance, a dated roadmap with underway, planned, exploratory, and completed items, and a GeoLibre v3.4.0 parity inventory. Repository instructions direct contributors to consult the roadmap and coordination guidance before choosing work.

Changes: Contribution and project planning

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Contributor workflow AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md	Repository guidance directs contributors to review underway work and coordination guidance. The contribution guide explains how to propose work, claim issues, and coordinate substantial changes.
Roadmap status and plans ROADMAP.md	The roadmap adds project goals, underway work, categorized plans, and exploratory topics.
Capability inventories ROADMAP.md, GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md	The roadmap updates completed capability descriptions and removes its former closing “Next” list. The new parity inventory records RustGIS capabilities and gaps relative to GeoLibre v3.4.0.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related issues

• Issue 739: The roadmap adds project direction, work stages, and coordination guidance described by the issue.
• Issue 748: The roadmap includes the help-testing issue as a work item.
• Issue 744: The contribution guide’s plugin-interface coordination guidance applies to the proposed manifest change.
• Issue 682: The roadmap documents publication sheets and figures generated in one command, but this pull request does not implement that capability.
• Issue 665: The roadmap lists QFieldCloud under exploratory mobile and field work.
• Issue 683: The roadmap lists a data-cube catalog as a planned item.
• Issue 730: The roadmap identifies coordinate handling as a priority and records the GDA94 case.
• Issue 663: The roadmap lists Terrio integration as exploratory.
• Issue 699: The roadmap lists the connection manager as underway.

Suggested reviewers: giswqs

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 12123

The documentation-only changes are mergeable with no identified blocking risk.

Pre-merge checks: 5

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Description check		The description includes the required Summary, Testing, and Related issue sections. It explains the documentation changes, verification steps, and issue relationships clearly.
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main changes: the roadmap rework, GeoLibre parity documentation, and CONTRIBUTING.md updates.
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Code review

This PR only adds and edits Markdown (CONTRIBUTING.md, GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md, ROADMAP.md). No code, dependencies, assets or UI strings change, so there is nothing to flag under Bugs, Security, Performance or AGENTS.md. I posted no inline comments. I checked that the relative links in the new files point to existing files: docs/contributing.md, .github/pull_request_template.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml, skills/rustgis/SKILL.md and docs/comparison/geolibre.md.

Bugs

• None.

Security

• None.

Performance

• None.

Quality (minor, low confidence)

• Wording clash between tick and "Partial". In GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md the checkbox means "done". Many items that are mostly done, such as Native KML/GPX/GML readers and OGC services, stay unticked with "Partial" text. That is consistent, but the header says "missing or partial, or ticked when done". A one-line legend would help new contributors. (Confidence: low)
• Counts that go stale. The files hard-code "17 languages" and "21 languages", and the "To verify" section notes a "20 vs 21" mismatch with docs/comparison/geolibre.md. The "Last reviewed … weekly" claim in ROADMAP.md is a promise with no automation behind it. These will drift, though the "trust the linked issues" disclaimer reduces the harm. (Confidence: low)
• Missing quote marks. In ROADMAP.md, the Underway list links #718 as a /pull/ URL while the others are /issues/. GitHub redirects both, so this is only cosmetic. (Confidence: low)
• Dense Exploratory bullet. The opengeos/terrio bullet in ROADMAP.md is a single very long line, unlike the wrapped lines around it. (Confidence: low)

AGENTS.md

• Not applicable: no code, assets, strings or dependencies change. The docs say they link to issues rather than embedding images, which matches the assets rule.

Change size

Compared: the whole PR against main (merge base 2502d90 to PR head 6a186f2).

Metric	Value
Files changed	3 (2 added, 1 modified, 0 removed, 0 renamed)
Size before	4.7 KB
Size after	37.8 KB
Total size change	+33.1 KB

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ROADMAP.md	4.7 KB	13.4 KB	+8.7 KB
CONTRIBUTING.md	0 B	2.4 KB	+2.4 KB

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[Mavrick-F]

This is great, thanks for pulling it together so fast. A few thoughts:

• Underway is already behind (not your fault, it's the pace): feat(symbology): add No Fill for polygon layers #745 is an open PR for the No Fill item in 0.4, and feat(postgis): a PostGIS tab to connect, edit and save tables, refusing conflicts #671 is a draft PR for PostGIS write-back, listed under 0.7. Maybe a simple rule: an item counts as Underway if it has an open PR, or someone said they're on it in the last week or so. Then the weekly review can just start from the open PR list.
• Release order: I think only @giswqs can really call this. A line saying the 0.4–0.9 grouping is proposed until he's confirmed it would keep anyone from reading it as his plan.
• Robustness: since his ask was mainly testing new features, how about a short "Help test" list? Recent features with no outside feedback yet: FileGDB (feat(data): read Esri File Geodatabases without GDAL #697), SQL Server (Add live SQL Server and Azure SQL spatial sources #616), imperial units (Add imperial unit support across analysis, editing and measurement #719), spatial join/kriging (feat(analysis): add spatial join geoprocessing tool and engine command #657/feat(analysis): add Ordinary Kriging interpolation tool with variogra… #660), vertex editing (Edit: move, insert and delete vertices on the map #428).
• Coordinate first: I'd add the .rgis format, command ids/params (CLI, Python, MCP and scripts all depend on them) and the plugin interface.
• Small one: a line in AGENTS.md pointing at ROADMAP/CONTRIBUTING, since a lot of PRs start from an agent.

An earlier draft of goals I'd sketched, take whatever's useful

• What exists works. Shipped features get tested on real data before more breadth; a crash or a silently misplaced layer costs more than a missing tool.
• The everyday GIS, done well. Add data, style it, edit it, analyse it, share it, with GeoLibre parity as the yardstick.
• The same app in the browser. What works on the desktop works on the web; nothing below apps/ breaks the WebAssembly build.
• Free and self-contained. Pure Rust, nothing extra to install; GDAL and DuckDB are optional extras that add formats, not requirements.
• Everything is a command. The ribbon, CLI, Python, scripts and AI agents all do the same things the same way.

[deniial00]

Thanks for the detailed feedback! Lots of good points here.

I agree with updating the Underway criteria and making it clear that the release grouping is still a proposal until @giswqs confirms it.

Regarding the "Help test" section, I wonder if a dedicated, pinned issue would be a better approach? That would give contributors a central place to find features needing testing and provide feedback, without having to keep the roadmap updated for every change. We could simply link to it from the roadmap.

I also like your suggestions for "Coordinate first" and AGENTS.md, especially the goals around robustness and a consistent command interface.

Would you like to submit a PR against my branch with some of these changes, or would you prefer that I incorporate them myself?

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Code review

This is a docs-only PR: ROADMAP.md, GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md and CONTRIBUTING.md, plus a two-line pointer in AGENTS.md. There is no code, so the usual bug, security and performance checks don't apply. I posted no inline comments.

What I checked

• The relative links resolve. The files CONTRIBUTING.md links to all exist: docs/contributing.md, .github/pull_request_template.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml and ROADMAP.md. GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md links to skills/rustgis/SKILL.md, apps/rustgis-web/src/embed.rs and docs/comparison/geolibre.md, and those exist too. The relative links in AGENTS.md and ROADMAP.md also resolve. I did not check the external issue and PR numbers.
• One spot-checked claim holds: "SQL Server tables read live" is backed by crates/data/src/source/sqlserver.rs and msconn.rs.
• The AGENTS.md change is additive. It points agents at the roadmap and contributing guide and doesn't conflict with any existing rule.

Bugs

• None (docs only).

Security

• None. The PR adds no secrets or executable content.

Quality

• PR description doesn't match the files (confidence: high, low severity). The description says the roadmap has "Releases 0.4–0.9" and that "every planned item names its roadmap release". The files use unnumbered themes ("Fixes and quick wins", "Solid ground" and so on) and say outright that they are not releases. Parity items cite a theme, and some, like "Missing" in the Live data overlays item, cite nothing. Update the description before merge, since it is likely to become the squash message.
• Snapshot facts will go stale (confidence: medium). The Underway list, the "17 interface languages" count, "GeoLibre v3.4.0", and the line "some pages still say 16 languages" are all point-in-time. The "Reviewed weekly" claim in ROADMAP.md is a commitment nobody enforces. Consider dropping "weekly" or adding an owner or CI reminder.
• Parity file inconsistencies (confidence: medium, nit). Several items are unticked yet mostly done, such as GML/MapInfo/DXF readers and OGC services. That fits the "partial" rule, but the same checkbox style covers both "partial" and "missing", so a reader can't tell them apart without reading each line. A [~] marker for partial would help. The "To verify" section also leaves open questions, such as whether raster export writes valid COGs, while "Cloud-optimised GeoTIFFs out" is already claimed under Done in ROADMAP.md and in the parity file. Reconcile these.
• Long line in ROADMAP.md (confidence: low, nit). The terrio bullet under Exploratory is a single very long line, while the rest of the file wraps at about 100 columns.

AGENTS.md

• The addition is fine. CONTRIBUTING.md says new dependencies and crates need coordination first, which matches the deny.toml and licence gates already in AGENTS.md.
• CONTRIBUTING.md says changing a command's id or parameters needs coordination, which matches the "everything is a command" rule. I found no contradictions.

Change size

Compared: the whole PR against main (merge base 2502d90 to PR head fb8e082).

Metric	Value
Files changed	4 (2 added, 2 modified, 0 removed, 0 renamed)
Size before	10.5 KB
Size after	45.0 KB
Total size change	+34.5 KB

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ROADMAP.md	4.7 KB	14.0 KB	+9.2 KB
CONTRIBUTING.md	0 B	2.5 KB	+2.5 KB
AGENTS.md	5.7 KB	5.9 KB	+136 B

[giswqs]

It looks good to me. My only suggestion is to remove the version numbers from the heading. With the current pace, those version numbers will be outdated very quickly. Let contributors pick whichever item they want to work on. We can target a weekly release for the next few weeks.

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Code review

This PR only changes documentation: AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, ROADMAP.md and the new GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md. No code is touched, so there is no wasm, never-crash or layering impact. I found nothing blocking and posted no inline comments.

What I checked

• Every file the new docs link to exists: docs/contributing.md, .github/pull_request_template.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml, skills/rustgis/SKILL.md, docs/comparison/geolibre.md and apps/rustgis-web/src/embed.rs.
• The new AGENTS.md pointer to ROADMAP.md and CONTRIBUTING.md resolves, and it doesn't conflict with the existing rules.
• ROADMAP.md and GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md agree with each other. Both say 17 languages, and both list SQL Server as read-only.
• The old ## Next section is replaced by the themed one, and the Done list is extended consistently.
• I did not check the issue and PR numbers (Rendering: a MapLibre-style tile layer for vector tiles and raster basemaps #635, feat(analysis,engine): add zonal statistics geoprocessing tool (gp.zo… #718, feat(symbology): add No Fill for polygon layers #745 and others) against GitHub, since I have no network access.

Bugs

• None.

Security

• None. The docs contain no secrets or unsafe instructions.

Performance

• Not applicable.

Quality

• Maintenance burden (confidence: medium).
  • ROADMAP.md says it is "Reviewed weekly", and its Underway list is defined by activity "in the last week". Nothing automates either.
  • GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md repeats many roadmap details, such as theme names and issue numbers.
  • These will drift. The "trust the linked issues over this page" caveat helps, but you could soften "weekly" to "periodically", or have a CI check validate the dates.
• Duplicated facts (confidence: low). GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md lists many items as "Partial" with long inline histories, such as the native-readers item. That risks stale ticks. The "To verify" section already admits uncertainty, for example the language count and whether tile pre-caching exists.
• Parity upkeep rule (confidence: low). CONTRIBUTING.md requires PRs to update GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md and ROADMAP.md when they land an item. Neither the PR template nor CI enforces this. Consider a checklist line in .github/pull_request_template.md.
• Wording (confidence: low). CONTRIBUTING.md says "Pick freely" for items marked (open) and lists "falls under Exploratory" as coordinate-first. The roadmap also uses "Coordinate first." inline. Say explicitly that the inline marker is the same thing as the bullet list.

AGENTS.md

• The change is a two-line pointer to the roadmap and contributing guide and is consistent with the existing guidelines (confidence: high).
• CONTRIBUTING.md says changes to dependencies or crates need coordination. That matches the existing deny.toml and cargo xtask notices rules, so there is no conflict.

Change size

Compared: the whole PR against main (merge base 2502d90 to PR head fb8e082).

Metric	Value
Files changed	4 (2 added, 2 modified, 0 removed, 0 renamed)
Size before	10.5 KB
Size after	45.0 KB
Total size change	+34.5 KB

File	Before	After	Change
GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md	0 B	22.6 KB	+22.6 KB
ROADMAP.md	4.7 KB	14.0 KB	+9.2 KB
CONTRIBUTING.md	0 B	2.5 KB	+2.5 KB
AGENTS.md	5.7 KB	5.9 KB	+136 B

[deniial00]

My only suggestion is to remove the version numbers from the heading.

I merged @Mavrick-F suggestions - these include removing version numbers. I also added #748 and pinned it to the top.

[giswqs]

@Mavrick-F @elpidioassinaturas Please check you email for the invitation to join the rustgis-maintainers team.

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Code review

This PR only changes documentation: ROADMAP.md, GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md and three lines in AGENTS.md. There are no code, dependency or asset changes. I did not read GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md in full, so its item statuses are unchecked.

Bugs

• None.

Security

• None. The docs add no secrets, and the links point to repo files and to GitHub.

Performance

• Not applicable.

Quality

• Inconsistent framing of releases (medium confidence, inline comment posted on CONTRIBUTING.md). It says roadmap themes "are not releases or an order". ROADMAP.md and the PR description lay out releases 0.4–0.9, and the parity file says each planned item "names its roadmap release". Use one framing in all three files.
• Weekly review promise (low confidence). ROADMAP.md says the page is "Reviewed weekly". That is a commitment the maintainers may not want to make. The "if this date is old, trust the linked issues" fallback covers the risk.

AGENTS.md

• The new "Before picking work, read ROADMAP.md and CONTRIBUTING.md" line is short and doesn't conflict with the existing rules. It is aimed at agents, so check that it matches how maintainers want agents to pick work.
• CONTRIBUTING.md points back to the AGENTS.md quality gates and says what needs coordinating first. That fits the architecture rules (data model, dependencies, plugin interface).

What I checked

• Every relative link in the changed files resolves: docs/contributing.md, .github/pull_request_template.md, skills/rustgis/SKILL.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml, the cross-links between the four files, and docs/.
• The "v0.3.0" in the roadmap matches the workspace version in Cargo.toml.

Change size

Compared: the whole PR against main (merge base 2502d90 to PR head 121239a)

Metric	Value
Files changed	4 (2 added, 2 modified, 0 removed, 0 renamed)
Size before	10.5 KB
Size after	44.9 KB
Total size change	+34.5 KB

File	Before	After	Change
GEOLIBRE_PARITY.md	0 B	22.7 KB	+22.7 KB
ROADMAP.md	4.7 KB	13.8 KB	+9.1 KB
CONTRIBUTING.md	0 B	2.6 KB	+2.6 KB
AGENTS.md	5.7 KB	5.9 KB	+136 B

[Mavrick-F]

Approving. Most of this is @deniial00's; the themes, Underway rule and coordinate-first changes came from my PR, so weigh my review accordingly.

CodeRabbit's three comments are worth taking. For the Underway one, I think it misreads the sentence a little (it's about taking an item that isn't underway yet), but this wording would clear it up and cover items with no issue yet:

to take an item, comment on its issue (or open one) and open a draft pull request early.