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[Feature]: Export in GEOPDF

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
data

Research direction

Check ROADMAP.md and the existing export code in the RustGIS repo to see what formats are supported. Research Rust libraries capable of GeoPDF or PDF generation. Done means a new export function or CLI command produces a valid GeoPDF from geographic data, with tests.

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Description

enhancement
Before you start
What problem does this solve?

Exporting files as GeoPDF makes it easier to share geographic information and to input data into data-collection apps.

Proposed solution

Use an API that can handle this export.

Estimated scope

Not sure

Alternatives considered

No response

Dominant language
Rust
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Merged PRs (30d)
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