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:
- OGR Simple Feature Library reads and writes SpatiaLite since version 1.7[15]
- GeoTools supports SpatiaLite using JDBC module.[16]
- Mapnik, a renderer.
- pyspatialite, a Python library.[17]
- OSGeo Live DVD includes spatialite along with a short tutorial.[18]
- 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
- ^ “Debian — Details of package spatialite-gui in jessie”. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ Furieri, Alessandro. “SpatiaLite – spatial extensions for SQLite”. SpatiaLite manual. Gaia-SINS.
- ^ “ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2)”.
- ^ “QGIS Features”. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ “Global Mapper”.
- ^ “TileMill”. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- ^ “Spatial Manager Desktop Page”.
- ^ “Spatial Manager for AutoCAD Page”.
- ^ “Spatial Manager for BricsCAD Page”.
- ^ “SpatiaLite – GeoServer 2.6.X User Manual”. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ^ “Installing Spatialite”. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ^ “GeoDjango Installation | Django documentation | Django”.
- ^ “FeatureServer.org”. FeatureServer.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- ^ “SpatiaLite – MapServer Documentation”. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ “SQLite RDBMS”. Open Source Geospatial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ^ “JDBC SpatiaLite – GeoTools”. Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ^ “pyspatialite”. pyspatialite. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- ^ “SpatiaLite Quickstart — OSGeoLive 14.0 Documentation”.
- ^ “GeoConverter – Geoinformation HSR”.
- ^ “The OGC Seeks Comments on Candidate GeoPackage Standard | OGC”.
External links
- Project repository: www
.gaia-gis .it /fossil /libspatialite / - SpatiaLite Cookbook: www
.gaia-gis .it /gaia-sins /spatialite-cookbook-5 / - Gaia-SINS federated projects home-page: www
.gaia-gis .it /gaia-sins /