If you try and add a GeometryCollection to BerkeleyMapper it won't work. e.g. see: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AmphibiaWeb/range_maps/master/tests/Ansonia_thinthinae.json it needs to be a feature collection. The above modified as a feature collection works: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BNHM/berkeleymapper/master/examples/awtest.json A sample config file to test with is at: https://github.com/BNHM/berkeleymapper/tree/master/examples