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    Limitations of the shapefile


     There are many well documented limitations of the
    Shapefile
     ESRI has a whole page on why you should not use
    shapefiles to store geoprocessing results
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    Other spatial possible formats


    (Common Recent formats in Bold)
     Databases

     XML & Other web oriented data exchange

     You want a database

     But maybe you don't want to run a server, or need

    to be disconnected
     You want something compact and easy to give to

    someone
     A single file with everything
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    Intro to what Spatialite is:


     What's sqlite

     A small and fast single file SQL database

     How common is SQlite?

     It's all over the place, in use by companies big and

    small
     It's embedded in all sorts of devices like the iPhone

     Logos of know companies and projects using

    sqlite
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    What is Spatialite
     Builds on sqlite

     Adds the ability for spatialite to read and

    understand spatial data


     Adds a tool set to do spatial analysis
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    What can you do with spatialite


     Importing data to spatialite

     Loading data (Shapefile, csv)

     Exporting data (Shapefile, csv)

     Normal GIS operations

     Reproject

     Geoprocessing

     Area and Distance Calculations

     Standard SQL

     Summation, Grouping, Sub-select, Joins

     Image contains a the list of all functions currently

    added by Spatialite
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     How do you get spatialite


     Executable self contained apps ready for

    download, command line, gui and libraries for


    programming
     How do you use spatialite
     Command Line

     Spatial Lite Gui

     Write your own Program


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    Things special about spatialite


     Full query ability – Arc limits you to using their

    interfaces in order to manipulate the database, you


    can't run true spatial queries directly on the database
    using SQL
     Why is this a problem?

     The classic example of many to one where the

    many is attribute data and the one is spatial data.


     Full control over indexing

     You can store multiple projections in the same

    table
     Making it fast (7 hours in GIS to 5 minutes.)

     Memory caching of indexes

     Loading tables into RAM

     Loading databases in RAM

     Want 5 different attribute table for the same layer

     Many to Many, Many to one


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    Interoperability
     OGC compliance

     OpenGIS Defined

     http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards

     Scripting from

     Python

     Java

     .Net

     Ruby

     php

     etc.
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    In the computer business a “stack” refers to a


    collection of several software packages (programs)
    that you use together in order to solve a problem.
    Neat things you can do:
     Connect from R

     Run a query and do some stats

     Open in QGIS

     Cutting edge, use it just like a shapefile


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    Where is sqlite going


     Adding support for Raster

     Storing rasters in sqlite

     Cataloging rasters in sqlite

    Potential Stumbling Blocks


     No Compression,

     XML is really designed for exchange, but people

    don't seem to like downloading in one format and


    being forced to convert for usage
     Complexity of Use

     Will Proprietary Applications officially support usage

    Is it a Data Storage, a Data Management or a Data


    Analysis tool? Or all of the above?
    05/07/2009 13:29

    Acknowledgements

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