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# WeatherLayers GL

WeatherLayers GL is a library of high-performance interactive weather visualization layers and controls, which can be customized in real-time and supports integration with major mapping libraries. The library can be used either with custom self-hosted data or with [WeatherLayers Cloud](/weatherlayers-cloud.md).

Peer dependencies:

* [deck.gl](https://deck.gl) >= 9.2.0
* [luma.gl](https://luma.gl/) >= 9.2.0
* [geotiff.js](https://github.com/geotiffjs/geotiff.js/) >= 3.0.0 (if loading GeoTIFF images)
* [maplibre-gl-js](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-js) >= 5.0.0 or (if using MapLibre Globe projection) or >= 3.0.0 (if using MapLibre with deck.gl interleaved to support WebGL2)
* [mapbox-gl-js](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js) >= 3.0.0 (if using Mapbox with deck.gl interleaved to support WebGL2)

### Versioning

WeatherLayers GL uses [Calendar Versioning](https://calver.org/) schema `YYYY.MM.MICRO`, e.g. `2022.4.0`.

### Compatibility

* deck.gl 9.3 - WeatherLayers GL 2026.5.0-latest
* deck.gl 9.2 - WeatherLayers GL 2025.11.0-2026.2.0
* deck.gl 9.1 - WeatherLayers GL 2025.1.0-2025.8.0
* deck.gl 9.0 - WeatherLayers GL 2024.4.0-2024.9.1


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