[Qgis-developer] Support for SpatiaLite?

[Tim Sutton]

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 08:45 +0100, Marco Hugentobler wrote:
> Am Montag 26 Januar 2009 22:01:14 schrieb Tim Sutton:
> > On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 10:48 +0000, Carson Farmer wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I just wanted to keep this discussion going=... the provider here:
> > > > Right, there actually is a SpatiaLite provider already, based on the
> > > > PostGIS provider:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.gaia-gis.it/QGisJanus/
> > >
> > > could certainly be integrated into QGIS. A SpatialLight provider would
> > > be a fantastic addition to the QGIS repertoire. It has been suggested
> > > elsewhere that if QGIS worked with SpatialLight as easily as ESRI works
> > > with Geodatabases, then SpatialLight might be able to grow into an
> > > opensource Geodatabase alternative, which would be great for
> > > data-sharing and portability...
> > >
> > > >>> Hi all,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I was wondering how hard it might be to adapt the PostGIS manager
> > > >>> plugin so that it will also support SpatiaLite:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/
> > > >
> > > > This is really a question for Alessandro Furieri, the dev of SL. I know
> > > > he's already busy with this, but he could possibly profit from
> > > > feedback. I think a SpatiaLite provider would be a great addition for
> > > > QGIS, solving a long-standing limitation, so if Alessandro agrees I
> > > > think it would be good to have the development happen straight into the
> > > > qgis svn, possibly in a separate branch.
> > > > All the best.
> > > > pc
> > >
> > > +1 here
> >
> > +1 For me. If the author is willing I would suggest to add it to the
> > feature plan for 1.1 at
> >
> >  http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/ReleaseChecklist1.1
> >
> > At the same time (assuming spatiallite is backwards compatible with
> > sqlite), we could update the internal copy of sqlite in QGIS sources to
> > include spatial lite if needed.
> 
> +1 also for me. For the changes that affect existing dialog(s) in QGIS, it 
> would be good if Tim could review them before they are commited to svn.

If I can get a patch that is current for SVN trunk I will take a look.

Regards

Tim


> 
> cheers,
> Marco
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > > Carson
> 

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