diff --git a/packages/geostats-types/.npmignore b/packages/geostats-types/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e98e25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/geostats-types/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+**/*.ts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.d.ts b/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.d.ts
index 47cd31a5..ddf7b3f3 100644
--- a/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.d.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ import { GeoJsonGeometryTypes } from "geojson";
 /**
  * Attribute type as translated to a javacsript type
  */
-export type GeostatsAttributeType = "string" | "number" | "boolean" | "null" | "mixed" | "object" | "array";
+export declare type GeostatsAttributeType = "string" | "number" | "boolean" | "null" | "mixed" | "object" | "array";
 /**
  * A bucket is a tuple of [break, count]. Each bucket has a count of the number
  * of features between the break and the next break. The last bucket will have
  * a null count.
  */
-export type Bucket = [number, number | null];
+export declare type Bucket = [number, number | null];
 /**
  * A set of buckets for a given number of breaks. This way cartography
  * interfaces can give the user an option to choose the number of breaks
  */
-export type Buckets = {
+export declare type Buckets = {
     [numBreaks: number]: Bucket[];
 };
 export interface BaseGeostatsAttribute {
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export interface NumericGeostatsAttribute extends BaseGeostatsAttribute {
         stdev: number;
     };
 }
-export type GeostatsAttribute = BaseGeostatsAttribute | NumericGeostatsAttribute;
-export type LegacyGeostatsAttribute = Omit<BaseGeostatsAttribute, "values" | "countDistinct"> & {
+export declare type GeostatsAttribute = BaseGeostatsAttribute | NumericGeostatsAttribute;
+export declare type LegacyGeostatsAttribute = Omit<BaseGeostatsAttribute, "values" | "countDistinct"> & {
     values: (string | number | boolean | null)[];
     quantiles?: number[];
 };
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export declare enum MetadataType {
     ISO19139 = "ISO19139",
     FGDC = "FGDC"
 }
-export type GeostatsMetadata = {
+export declare type GeostatsMetadata = {
     /**
      * metadata for the layer summarized as a prosemirror document
      */
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export interface GeostatsLayer {
     bounds?: number[];
     metadata?: GeostatsMetadata;
 }
-export type LegacyGeostatsLayer = Omit<GeostatsLayer, "attributes" | "bounds"> & {
+export declare type LegacyGeostatsLayer = Omit<GeostatsLayer, "attributes" | "bounds"> & {
     attributes: LegacyGeostatsAttribute[];
 };
 export declare function isLegacyGeostatsLayer(layer: LegacyGeostatsLayer | GeostatsLayer): layer is LegacyGeostatsLayer;
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ export declare function isLegacyGeostatsAttribute(attr: LegacyGeostatsAttribute
  * number of features between the break and the next break. The last bucket will
  * have a null fraction.
  */
-export type RasterBucket = [number, number | null];
+export declare type RasterBucket = [number, number | null];
 /**
  * A set of buckets for a given number of breaks. This way cartography
  * interfaces can give the user an option to choose the number of breaks
  */
-export type RasterBuckets = {
+export declare type RasterBuckets = {
     [numBreaks: number]: RasterBucket[];
 };
 /**
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ export type RasterBuckets = {
  * raster value and the color is a CSS color string. Raster values should match
  * those in the stats.categories array.
  */
-export type ColorTableEntry = [number, string];
-export type RasterBandInfo = {
+export declare type ColorTableEntry = [number, string];
+export declare type RasterBandInfo = {
     name: string;
     colorInterpretation: "Red" | "Green" | "Blue" | "Alpha" | "Gray" | string | null;
     base: number;
diff --git a/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.js b/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.js
index 84451ad9..e24f3af6 100644
--- a/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/geostats-types/lib/index.js
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 "use strict";
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.SuggestedRasterPresentation = void 0;
-exports.isNumericGeostatsAttribute = isNumericGeostatsAttribute;
-exports.isLegacyGeostatsLayer = isLegacyGeostatsLayer;
-exports.isLegacyGeostatsAttribute = isLegacyGeostatsAttribute;
-exports.isRasterInfo = isRasterInfo;
-exports.isGeostatsLayer = isGeostatsLayer;
+exports.isGeostatsLayer = exports.isRasterInfo = exports.SuggestedRasterPresentation = exports.isLegacyGeostatsAttribute = exports.isLegacyGeostatsLayer = exports.isNumericGeostatsAttribute = void 0;
 function isNumericGeostatsAttribute(attr) {
     return attr.type === "number";
 }
+exports.isNumericGeostatsAttribute = isNumericGeostatsAttribute;
 function isLegacyGeostatsLayer(layer) {
     if ("attributesCount" in layer && layer.attributesCount) {
         return layer.attributes[0].countDistinct === undefined;
@@ -17,9 +13,11 @@ function isLegacyGeostatsLayer(layer) {
         return !("bounds" in layer);
     }
 }
+exports.isLegacyGeostatsLayer = isLegacyGeostatsLayer;
 function isLegacyGeostatsAttribute(attr) {
     return Array.isArray(attr.values);
 }
+exports.isLegacyGeostatsAttribute = isLegacyGeostatsAttribute;
 /**
  * SuggestedRasterPresentation is a hint to the client on how to present the
  * raster data. This can be used to determine the default visualization type for
@@ -35,10 +33,12 @@ var SuggestedRasterPresentation;
     SuggestedRasterPresentation[SuggestedRasterPresentation["categorical"] = 0] = "categorical";
     SuggestedRasterPresentation[SuggestedRasterPresentation["continuous"] = 1] = "continuous";
     SuggestedRasterPresentation[SuggestedRasterPresentation["rgb"] = 2] = "rgb";
-})(SuggestedRasterPresentation || (exports.SuggestedRasterPresentation = SuggestedRasterPresentation = {}));
+})(SuggestedRasterPresentation = exports.SuggestedRasterPresentation || (exports.SuggestedRasterPresentation = {}));
 function isRasterInfo(info) {
     return info.bands !== undefined;
 }
+exports.isRasterInfo = isRasterInfo;
 function isGeostatsLayer(data) {
     return (!Array.isArray(data) && data.attributes !== undefined);
 }
+exports.isGeostatsLayer = isGeostatsLayer;
diff --git a/packages/geostats-types/package.json b/packages/geostats-types/package.json
index 8f84ac1a..df8c40c4 100644
--- a/packages/geostats-types/package.json
+++ b/packages/geostats-types/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@seasketch/geostats-types",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "Types for metadata describing vector and raster data, useful for cartography and data handling",
+  "description": "Types for metadata describing vector and raster data, useful for cartography and data handling in SeaSketch",
   "author": "Chad Burt <chad@underbluewaters.net>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/seasketch/next#readme",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",