SpatiaLite
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| Developer(s) | Alessandro Furieri |
|---|---|
| Initial release | March 21, 2008 |
| Stable release | 4.0.0
/ November 25, 2012 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | GNU/Linux, MS-Windows, Mac OS X, POSIX compliant systems |
| Type | Geographic information system |
| License | MPL |
| Website | http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite |
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 (or even deleted) 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.[1] 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 in order to do advanced spatial queries and support multiple map projections, SpatiaLite is needed.
Software that supports Spatialite
- Quantum GIS, native support since Version 1.4
- FME
- AutocadMap 2013
Software library support
External links
References
- ^ "SpatiaLite Manual". Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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