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Brings GDAL's robust geospatial processing to web browsers via WebAssembly, enabling format conversion, reprojection, and rasterization without server dependencies. (Evidence: README states it runs GDAL core functionality in browser using compiled WebAssembly.)

Chains operations like convert(), warp(), and rasterize() with lazy evaluation, optimizing performance by delaying computation until dataset properties are accessed. (Evidence: API documentation specifies lazy evaluation for methods like GDALDataset.convert().)

Uses a separate Web Worker to handle heavy computations, preventing UI freezes and improving application responsiveness. (Evidence: README highlights Web Worker integration for handling tasks without blocking the main thread.)

Provides methods to access detailed dataset metadata, including dimensions, band statistics, coordinate systems, and affine transforms, mirroring GDAL's capabilities. (Evidence: Functions like width(), wkt(), and bandStatistics() are documented in the API.)