Streaming NetCDF to the Browser with Zarr and Icechunk

Raphael Hagen and Shane Loeffler outline a complete guide to visualising NetCDF data on a web map without precompiling tile sets. Their approach uses VirtualiZarr to create virtual Zarr references stored in Icechunk ; icechunk-js , a JavaScript library to read Icechunk data; and zarr-layer , which renders Zarr data on MapboxGL or MapLibreGL maps. Many small, single-purpose open-source libraries…