diff --git a/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/color.hpp b/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/color.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..787a7649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/color.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <scwx/gr/gr_types.hpp>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <boost/gil/typedefs.hpp>
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace gr
+{
+
+boost::gil::rgba8_pixel_t ParseColor(const std::vector<std::string>& tokenList,
+                                     std::size_t                     startIndex,
+                                     ColorMode                       colorMode,
+                                     bool hasAlpha = true);
+
+} // namespace gr
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/gr_types.hpp b/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/gr_types.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e90c1042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/gr_types.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace gr
+{
+
+enum class ColorMode
+{
+   RGBA,
+   HSLuv
+};
+
+} // namespace gr
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/placefile.hpp b/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/placefile.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33b7fff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxdata/include/scwx/gr/placefile.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <istream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <boost/gil/typedefs.hpp>
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace gr
+{
+
+/**
+ * @brief Place File
+ *
+ * Implementation based on:
+ * Place File Specification
+ * Mike Gibson
+ * Gibson Ridge Software, LLC.  Used with permission.
+ * http://www.grlevelx.com/manuals/gis/files_places.htm
+ */
+class Placefile
+{
+public:
+   explicit Placefile();
+   ~Placefile();
+
+   Placefile(const Placefile&)            = delete;
+   Placefile& operator=(const Placefile&) = delete;
+
+   Placefile(Placefile&&) noexcept;
+   Placefile& operator=(Placefile&&) noexcept;
+
+   bool                      IsValid() const;
+
+   static std::shared_ptr<Placefile> Load(const std::string& filename);
+   static std::shared_ptr<Placefile> Load(std::istream& is);
+
+private:
+   class Impl;
+   std::unique_ptr<Impl> p;
+};
+
+} // namespace common
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/wxdata/source/scwx/gr/color.cpp b/wxdata/source/scwx/gr/color.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f815e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxdata/source/scwx/gr/color.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#include <scwx/gr/color.hpp>
+
+#include <limits>
+
+#include <hsluv.h>
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace gr
+{
+
+template<typename T>
+T RoundChannel(double value);
+template<typename T>
+T StringToDecimal(const std::string& str);
+
+boost::gil::rgba8_pixel_t ParseColor(const std::vector<std::string>& tokenList,
+                                     std::size_t                     startIndex,
+                                     ColorMode                       colorMode,
+                                     bool                            hasAlpha)
+{
+
+   std::uint8_t r {};
+   std::uint8_t g {};
+   std::uint8_t b {};
+   std::uint8_t a = 255;
+
+   if (colorMode == ColorMode::RGBA)
+   {
+      if (tokenList.size() >= startIndex + 3)
+      {
+         r = StringToDecimal<std::uint8_t>(tokenList[startIndex + 0]);
+         g = StringToDecimal<std::uint8_t>(tokenList[startIndex + 1]);
+         b = StringToDecimal<std::uint8_t>(tokenList[startIndex + 2]);
+      }
+
+      if (hasAlpha && tokenList.size() >= startIndex + 4)
+      {
+         a = StringToDecimal<std::uint8_t>(tokenList[startIndex + 3]);
+      }
+   }
+   else // if (colorMode == ColorMode::HSLuv)
+   {
+      double h {};
+      double s {};
+      double l {};
+
+      if (tokenList.size() >= startIndex + 3)
+      {
+         h = std::stod(tokenList[startIndex + 0]);
+         s = std::stod(tokenList[startIndex + 1]);
+         l = std::stod(tokenList[startIndex + 2]);
+      }
+
+      double dr;
+      double dg;
+      double db;
+
+      hsluv2rgb(h, s, l, &dr, &dg, &db);
+
+      r = RoundChannel<std::uint8_t>(dr * 255.0);
+      g = RoundChannel<std::uint8_t>(dg * 255.0);
+      b = RoundChannel<std::uint8_t>(db * 255.0);
+   }
+
+   return boost::gil::rgba8_pixel_t {r, g, b, a};
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T RoundChannel(double value)
+{
+   return static_cast<T>(std::clamp<int>(std::lround(value),
+                                         std::numeric_limits<T>::min(),
+                                         std::numeric_limits<T>::max()));
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+T StringToDecimal(const std::string& str)
+{
+   return static_cast<T>(std::clamp<int>(std::stoi(str),
+                                         std::numeric_limits<T>::min(),
+                                         std::numeric_limits<T>::max()));
+}
+
+} // namespace gr
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/wxdata/source/scwx/gr/placefile.cpp b/wxdata/source/scwx/gr/placefile.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fbe1f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxdata/source/scwx/gr/placefile.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,391 @@
+#include <scwx/gr/placefile.hpp>
+#include <scwx/gr/color.hpp>
+#include <scwx/util/logger.hpp>
+#include <scwx/util/streams.hpp>
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <regex>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
+#include <boost/units/base_units/metric/nautical_mile.hpp>
+#include <boost/units/quantity.hpp>
+#include <boost/units/systems/si/length.hpp>
+
+namespace scwx
+{
+namespace gr
+{
+
+static const std::string logPrefix_ {"scwx::gr::placefile"};
+static const auto        logger_ = util::Logger::Create(logPrefix_);
+
+enum class DrawingStatement
+{
+   Standard,
+   Line,
+   Triangles,
+   Image,
+   Polygon
+};
+
+class Placefile::Impl
+{
+public:
+   explicit Impl() = default;
+   ~Impl()         = default;
+
+   struct Object
+   {
+      double x_ {};
+      double y_ {};
+   };
+
+   struct DrawItem
+   {
+   };
+
+   struct PlaceDrawItem : DrawItem
+   {
+      boost::units::quantity<boost::units::si::length> threshold_ {};
+      boost::gil::rgba8_pixel_t                        color_ {};
+      double                                           latitude_ {};
+      double                                           longitude_ {};
+      double                                           x_ {};
+      double                                           y_ {};
+      std::string                                      text_ {};
+   };
+
+   void ParseLocation(const std::string& latitudeToken,
+                      const std::string& longitudeToken,
+                      double&            latitude,
+                      double&            longitude,
+                      double&            x,
+                      double&            y);
+   void ProcessLine(const std::string&              line,
+                    const std::vector<std::string>& tokenList);
+
+   std::chrono::seconds refresh_ {-1};
+
+   // Parsing state
+   boost::units::quantity<boost::units::si::length> threshold_ {
+      999.0 * boost::units::metric::nautical_mile_base_unit::unit_type()};
+   boost::gil::rgba8_pixel_t color_ {255, 255, 255, 255};
+   ColorMode                 colorMode_ {ColorMode::RGBA};
+   std::vector<Object>       objectStack_ {};
+   DrawingStatement          currentStatement_ {DrawingStatement::Standard};
+
+   // References
+   std::unordered_map<std::size_t, bool> iconFiles_ {};
+   std::unordered_map<std::size_t, bool> fonts_ {};
+
+   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DrawItem>> drawItems_ {};
+};
+
+Placefile::Placefile() : p(std::make_unique<Impl>()) {}
+Placefile::~Placefile() = default;
+
+Placefile::Placefile(Placefile&&) noexcept            = default;
+Placefile& Placefile::operator=(Placefile&&) noexcept = default;
+
+bool Placefile::IsValid() const
+{
+   return p->drawItems_.size() > 0;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Placefile> Placefile::Load(const std::string& filename)
+{
+   logger_->debug("Loading placefile: {}", filename);
+   std::ifstream f(filename, std::ios_base::in);
+   return Load(f);
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<Placefile> Placefile::Load(std::istream& is)
+{
+   std::shared_ptr<Placefile> placefile = std::make_shared<Placefile>();
+
+   std::string line;
+   while (scwx::util::getline(is, line))
+   {
+      // Find position of comment (;)
+      std::size_t lineEnd = line.find(';');
+      if (lineEnd == std::string::npos)
+      {
+         // Remove comment
+         line.erase(lineEnd);
+      }
+
+      // Remove extra spacing from line
+      boost::trim(line);
+
+      boost::char_separator<char> delimiter(", ");
+      boost::tokenizer            tokens(line, delimiter);
+      std::vector<std::string>    tokenList;
+
+      for (auto& token : tokens)
+      {
+         tokenList.push_back(token);
+      }
+
+      if (tokenList.size() >= 1)
+      {
+         try
+         {
+            switch (placefile->p->currentStatement_)
+            {
+            case DrawingStatement::Standard:
+               placefile->p->ProcessLine(line, tokenList);
+               break;
+
+            case DrawingStatement::Line:
+            case DrawingStatement::Triangles:
+            case DrawingStatement::Image:
+            case DrawingStatement::Polygon:
+               if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "End:"))
+               {
+                  placefile->p->currentStatement_ = DrawingStatement::Standard;
+               }
+               break;
+            }
+         }
+         catch (const std::exception&)
+         {
+            logger_->warn("Could not parse line: {}", line);
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   return placefile;
+}
+
+void Placefile::Impl::ProcessLine(const std::string&              line,
+                                  const std::vector<std::string>& tokenList)
+{
+   currentStatement_ = DrawingStatement::Standard;
+
+   if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Threshold:"))
+   {
+      // Threshold: nautical_miles
+      if (tokenList.size() >= 2)
+      {
+         threshold_ =
+            static_cast<boost::units::quantity<boost::units::si::length>>(
+               std::stod(tokenList[1]) *
+               boost::units::metric::nautical_mile_base_unit::unit_type());
+      }
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "HSLuv:"))
+   {
+      // HSLuv: value
+      if (tokenList.size() >= 2)
+      {
+         if (boost::iequals(tokenList[1], "true"))
+         {
+            colorMode_ = ColorMode::HSLuv;
+         }
+         else
+         {
+            colorMode_ = ColorMode::RGBA;
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Color:"))
+   {
+      // Color: red green blue
+      if (tokenList.size() >= 2)
+      {
+         color_ = ParseColor(tokenList, 1, colorMode_);
+      }
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Refresh:"))
+   {
+      // Refresh: minutes
+      if (tokenList.size() >= 2)
+      {
+         refresh_ = std::chrono::minutes {std::stoi(tokenList[1])};
+      }
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "RefreshSeconds:"))
+   {
+      // RefreshSeconds: seconds
+      if (tokenList.size() >= 2)
+      {
+         refresh_ = std::chrono::seconds {std::stoi(tokenList[1])};
+      }
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Place:"))
+   {
+      // Place: latitude, longitude, string with spaces
+      std::regex  re {"Place:\\s*([+\\-0-9\\.]+),\\s*([+\\-0-9\\.]+),\\s*(.+)"};
+      std::smatch match;
+      std::regex_match(line, match, re);
+
+      if (match.size() >= 4)
+      {
+         std::shared_ptr<PlaceDrawItem> di = std::make_shared<PlaceDrawItem>();
+
+         di->threshold_ = threshold_;
+         di->color_     = color_;
+
+         ParseLocation(match[1].str(),
+                       match[2].str(),
+                       di->latitude_,
+                       di->longitude_,
+                       di->x_,
+                       di->y_);
+
+         di->text_ = match[3].str();
+
+         drawItems_.emplace_back(std::move(di));
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         logger_->warn("Place statement malformed: {}", line);
+      }
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "IconFile:"))
+   {
+      // IconFile: fileNumber, iconWidth, iconHeight, hotX, hotY, fileName
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Icon:"))
+   {
+      // Icon: lat, lon, angle, fileNumber, iconNumber, hoverText
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Font:"))
+   {
+      // Font: fontNumber, pixels, flags, "face"
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Text:"))
+   {
+      // Text: lat, lon, fontNumber, "string", "hover"
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Object:"))
+   {
+      // Object: lat, lon
+      //    ...
+      // End:
+      std::regex  re {"Object:\\s*([+\\-0-9\\.]+),\\s*([+\\-0-9\\.]+)"};
+      std::smatch match;
+      std::regex_match(line, match, re);
+
+      double latitude {};
+      double longitude {};
+
+      if (match.size() >= 3)
+      {
+         latitude  = std::stod(match[1].str());
+         longitude = std::stod(match[2].str());
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         logger_->warn("Object statement malformed: {}", line);
+      }
+
+      objectStack_.emplace_back(Object {latitude, longitude});
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "End:"))
+   {
+      // Object End
+      if (!objectStack_.empty())
+      {
+         objectStack_.pop_back();
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         logger_->warn("End found without Object");
+      }
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Line:"))
+   {
+      // Line: width, flags [, hover_text]
+      //    lat, lon
+      //    ...
+      // End:
+      currentStatement_ = DrawingStatement::Line;
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Triangles:"))
+   {
+      // Triangles:
+      //    lat, lon [, r, g, b [,a]]
+      //    ...
+      // End:
+      currentStatement_ = DrawingStatement::Triangles;
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Image:"))
+   {
+      // Image: image_file
+      //    lat, lon, Tu [, Tv ]
+      //    ...
+      // End:
+      currentStatement_ = DrawingStatement::Image;
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+   else if (boost::iequals(tokenList[0], "Polygon:"))
+   {
+      // Polygon:
+      //    lat1, lon1 [, r, g, b [,a]] ; start of the first contour
+      //    ...
+      //    lat1, lon1                  ; repeating the first point closes the
+      //                                ; contour
+      //
+      //    lat2, lon2                  ; next point starts a new contour
+      //    ...
+      //    lat2, lon2                  ; and repeating it ends the contour
+      // End:
+      currentStatement_ = DrawingStatement::Polygon;
+
+      // TODO
+   }
+}
+
+void Placefile::Impl::ParseLocation(const std::string& latitudeToken,
+                                    const std::string& longitudeToken,
+                                    double&            latitude,
+                                    double&            longitude,
+                                    double&            x,
+                                    double&            y)
+{
+   if (objectStack_.empty())
+   {
+      // If an Object statement is not currently open, parse latitude and
+      // longitude tokens as-is
+      latitude  = std::stod(latitudeToken);
+      longitude = std::stod(longitudeToken);
+   }
+   else
+   {
+      // If an Object statement is open, the latitude and longitude are from the
+      // outermost Object
+      latitude  = objectStack_[0].x_;
+      longitude = objectStack_[0].y_;
+
+      // The latitude and longitude tokens are interpreted as x, y offsets
+      x = std::stod(latitudeToken);
+      y = std::stod(longitudeToken);
+
+      // If there are inner Object statements open, treat these as x, y offsets
+      for (std::size_t i = 1; i < objectStack_.size(); i++)
+      {
+         x += objectStack_[i].x_;
+         y += objectStack_[i].y_;
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+} // namespace gr
+} // namespace scwx
diff --git a/wxdata/wxdata.cmake b/wxdata/wxdata.cmake
index b6c4fb1c..3f7ab8d9 100644
--- a/wxdata/wxdata.cmake
+++ b/wxdata/wxdata.cmake
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ set(SRC_COMMON source/scwx/common/characters.cpp
                source/scwx/common/products.cpp
                source/scwx/common/sites.cpp
                source/scwx/common/vcp.cpp)
+set(HDR_GR include/scwx/gr/color.hpp
+           include/scwx/gr/gr_types.hpp
+           include/scwx/gr/placefile.hpp)
+set(SRC_GR source/scwx/gr/color.cpp
+           source/scwx/gr/placefile.cpp)
 set(HDR_NETWORK include/scwx/network/dir_list.hpp)
 set(SRC_NETWORK source/scwx/network/dir_list.cpp)
 set(HDR_PROVIDER include/scwx/provider/aws_level2_data_provider.hpp
@@ -195,6 +200,8 @@ add_library(wxdata OBJECT ${HDR_AWIPS}
                           ${SRC_AWIPS}
                           ${HDR_COMMON}
                           ${SRC_COMMON}
+                          ${HDR_GR}
+                          ${SRC_GR}
                           ${HDR_NETWORK}
                           ${SRC_NETWORK}
                           ${HDR_PROVIDER}
@@ -213,6 +220,8 @@ source_group("Header Files\\awips"       FILES ${HDR_AWIPS})
 source_group("Source Files\\awips"       FILES ${SRC_AWIPS})
 source_group("Header Files\\common"      FILES ${HDR_COMMON})
 source_group("Source Files\\common"      FILES ${SRC_COMMON})
+source_group("Header Files\\gr"          FILES ${HDR_GR})
+source_group("Source Files\\gr"          FILES ${SRC_GR})
 source_group("Header Files\\network"     FILES ${HDR_NETWORK})
 source_group("Source Files\\network"     FILES ${SRC_NETWORK})
 source_group("Header Files\\provider"    FILES ${HDR_PROVIDER})