Software:SpatiaLite

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Short description: Spatial extension to SQLite
SpatiaLite
SpatiaLite logo.png
Developer(s)Alessandro Furieri
Initial releaseMarch 21, 2008 (2008-03-21)
Stable release
5.1.0 / August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)
Written inspatialite-gui: (C++, wxWidgets)[1]
Operating systemLinux, MS-Windows, macOS, POSIX compliant systems
TypeGeographic information system
LicenseMPL GPL LGPL tri-license
Websitehttps://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite/

SpatiaLite is a spatial extension to SQLite, providing vector geodatabase functionality. It is similar to PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, and SQL Server with spatial extensions, although SQLite/SpatiaLite aren't based on client-server architecture: they adopt a simpler personal architecture. i.e. the whole SQL engine is directly embedded within the application itself: a complete database simply is an ordinary file which can be freely copied and transferred from one computer/OS to a different one without any special precaution.

SpatiaLite extends SQLite's existing spatial support to cover the OGC's SFS specification.[2] It isn't necessary to use SpatiaLite to manage spatial data in SQLite, which has its own implementation of R-tree indexes and geometry types. But SpatiaLite is needed for advanced spatial queries and to support multiple map projections. SpatiaLite is provided natively for Linux and Windows as a software library as well several utilities that incorporate the SpatiaLite library. These utilities include command line tools that extend SQLite's own with spatial macros, a graphical GUI for manipulating Spatialite databases and their data, and a simple desktop GIS tool for browsing data.

As it is a single binary file, SpatiaLite is also used as a GIS vector format to exchange geospatial data.

Software that supports SpatiaLite

  • Desktop:
    • ESRI ArcGIS since version 10.2 as "Database Connection".[3]
    • QGIS supports SpatiaLite native since version 1.1[4]
    • AutocadMap 2013
    • Global Mapper[5]
    • OpenJUMP offers a Plug-In.
    • FME (also available as server)
    • TileMill renderer (uses Mapnik) reads SpatiaLite as data source.[6]
    • Spatial Manager Desktop,[7] Spatial Manager for AutoCAD,[8] Spatial Manager for BricsCAD [9]
  • (Web)Server:
  • Tools and libraries:
  • Web Apps:
    • GeoConverter - Free online data converter which reads and writes several GIS vector file formats (based on OGR), including SpatiaLite.[19]

Standards

SpatiaLite supports several open standards from the OGC and has been listed as a reference implementation for the proposed GeoPackage standard.[20]

References

  1. "Debian -- Details of package spatialite-gui in jessie". https://packages.debian.org/jessie/spatialite-gui. Retrieved 2017-03-10. 
  2. Furieri, Alessandro. "SpatiaLite - spatial extensions for SQLite". Gaia-SINS. http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/spatialite-manual-2.3.1.html. 
  3. "ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2)". http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/What_s_new_in_ArcGIS_10_2/016w0000005s000000/. 
  4. "QGIS Features". http://qgis.org/en/about-qgis/features.html. 
  5. "Global Mapper". http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper-features.php. 
  6. "TileMill". https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/. Retrieved 2014-01-06. 
  7. "Spatial Manager Desktop Page". http://www.spatialmanager.com/spm-desktop. 
  8. "Spatial Manager for AutoCAD Page". http://www.spatialmanager.com/spm-forautocad. 
  9. "Spatial Manager for BricsCAD Page". http://www.spatialmanager.com/spm-forbricscad. 
  10. "SpatiaLite - GeoServer 2.6.X User Manual". http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/community/spatialite/index.html. Retrieved 2015-03-01. 
  11. "Installing Spatialite". https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite/. Retrieved 2013-01-24. 
  12. "GeoDjango Installation | Django documentation | Django". https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/install/#requirements. 
  13. "FeatureServer.org". FeatureServer.org. http://featureserver.org/. Retrieved 2014-01-06. 
  14. "SpatiaLite - MapServer Documentation". https://mapserver.org/input/vector/sqlite.html. Retrieved 2020-08-24. 
  15. "SQLite RDBMS". Open Source Geospatial Foundation. http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_sqlite.html. 
  16. "JDBC SpatiaLite - GeoTools". http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/JDBC+SpatiaLite. 
  17. "pyspatialite". pyspatialite. https://github.com/lokkju/pyspatialite. Retrieved 2014-01-06. 
  18. "SpatiaLite Quickstart — OSGeoLive 14.0 Documentation". http://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/spatialite_quickstart.html. 
  19. "GeoConverter – Geoinformation HSR". http://giswiki.hsr.ch/GeoConverter. 
  20. "The OGC Seeks Comments on Candidate GeoPackage Standard | OGC". https://www.ogc.org/press-release/the-ogc-seeks-comments-on-candidate-geopackage-standard/. 

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