---
name: "mapnik-index"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mapnik-utils"
version: "4.0.7+ds-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mapnik-index"
---

# mapnik-index(1)

Mapnik CSV/GeoJSON index utility

## NAME

mapnik-index - Mapnik CSV/GeoJSON index utility

## SYNOPSIS

**mapnik-index**  \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**mapnik-index** is a utilty to create index files for CSV and GeoJSON data files. The index files will have .index appended to the input filenames.

## OPTIONS

- FC**-h**F\[0\], FC**--help**F\[0\]

  produce usage message

- FC**-V**F\[0\], FC**--version**F\[0\]

  print version string

- FC**-v**F\[0\], FC**--verbose**F\[0\]

  verbose output

- FC**-d**F\[0\], FC**--depth**F\[0\] *number*

  max tree depth (default 8)

- FC**-r**F\[0\], FC**--ratio**F\[0\] *number*

  split ratio (default 0.55)

- FC**-s**F\[0\], FC**--separator**F\[0\] *character*

  CSV columns separator

- FC**-q**F\[0\], FC**--quote**F\[0\] *character*

  CSV columns quote

- FC**--files**F\[0\] *path...*

  Files to index: file1 file2 ...fileN