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Pirmin,<br>
Thanks for these docs. There are very good, answering questions users
are likely to want to know.<br>
I've made a couple of very minor syntax corrections.<br>
The only thing I'd like you to update is that there is only one version
described.<br>
The version number should describe the version of the software
installed on this DVD.<br>
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<h2>Spatial Database<a class="headerlink"
href="cid:part1.04000906.05030802@gmail.com"
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<p>SpatiaLite is an <a class="reference external"
href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> database engine with spatial
functions added.</p>
<p>SQLite is a popular DBMS, simple, robust, easy to use and really
lightweight. Each SQLite database is simply a file; you can freely copy
it, compress it, send it on a LAN or WEB with no complication at all.</p>
<p>The files are also portable; the same database file will work on
Windows, Linux, MacOs etc.</p>
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<h3>Core Features<a class="headerlink"
href="cid:part2.09010503.01060901@gmail.com"
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<p>The SpatiaLite extension enables SQLite to support spatial data
conformant to OGC specifications.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>Supports standard WKT and WKB formats</li>
<li>Implements SQL spatial functions such as AsText(),
GeomFromText(), Area(), PointN() and alike</li>
<li>The complete set of OpenGis functions is supported via GEOS, this
comprehending sophisticated spatial analysis functions such as
Overlaps(), Touches(), Union(), Buffer() ..</li>
<li>Supports full Spatial metadata along the OpenGis specifications</li>
<li>Supports importing and exporting to shapefiles</li>
<li>Supports coordinate reprojection via PROJ.4 and EPSG geodetic
parameters dataset</li>
<li>Supports locale charsets via GNU libiconv</li>
<li>Implements a true Spatial Index based on the SQLite’s RTree
extension</li>
<li>The VirtualShape extension enables SQLite to access shapefiles as
VIRTUAL TABLEs</li>
<li>You can then perform standard SQL queries on external shapefiles,
with no need for importing or converting them</li>
<li>The VirtualText extension enables SQLite to access CSV/TxtTab
files as VIRTUAL TABLEs</li>
<li>You can then perform standard SQL queries on external CSV/TxtTab
files, with no need for importing or converting them</li>
<li>The GUI tool supports all this, in an user friendly way</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="details">
<h3>Details<a class="headerlink"
href="cid:part3.09080509.04010605@gmail.com"
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<p><strong>Website:</strong> <a class="reference external"
href="http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/">http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/</a></p>
<p><strong>Licence:</strong> MPL v1.1 and GPL v3</p>
<p><strong>Software Version:</strong> 2.3.1 / 2.4 beta</p>
<p><strong>Supported Platforms:</strong> Linux, Mac, Windows</p>
<p><strong>API Interfaces:</strong> C++</p>
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