---
name: "osmcoastline_readmeta"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "osmcoastline"
version: "2.4.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/osmcoastline_readmeta"
---

# osmcoastline\_readmeta(1)

display metadata from database created by osmcoastline

## NAME

osmcoastline\_readmeta - display metadata from database created by osmcoastline

## SYNOPSIS

**osmcoastline\_readmeta** \[*COASTLINE-DB*\]

## OPTIONS

- \-h, --help

  Display usage information.

- \-V, --version

  Display program version and license information.

## DESCRIPTION

This program displays various meta data from a database created by the **osmcoastline** program.

If no database name is specified on the command line “testdata.db” is used.

Displayed are the command line options used to create the database, some statistics about the coastline, the number of warnings and errors detected and more.

This will only work if the (default) “SQLite” output format has been used on the **osmcoastline** program.

## SEE ALSO

- •

  [**osmcoastline**(1)](/osmcoastline/1.md)

- •

  Project page ⟨https://osmcode.org/osmcoastline/⟩\\c

- •

  OSMCoastline in OSM wiki ⟨https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMCoastline⟩\\c

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Jochen Topf \<jochen@topf.org\>. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later \<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## CONTACT

If you have any questions or want to report a bug, please go to https://osmcode.org/contact.html

## AUTHORS

Jochen Topf \<jochen@topf.org\>.