[Qgis-developer] Get rid of Shapefiles ! Go SpatiaLite !

[Pēteris Brūns]

Hi,
+1
This direction from my view is more correct course of action - make the 
use of spatialite more easy and ergonomic for users as it is now and in 
case of success it will be used more and more.

Regards,

On 2012.11.26. 18:35, kimaidou wrote:
> Hi again
>
> I am coming back after more thinking :). I changed the subject into Go 
> Spatialite !
>
> List of modifications which would help to use spatialite instead of 
> Shapefile as the default format :
>
> * Create a new vector layer : should allow to choose between shapefile 
> and Spatialite. Let the use choose an existing spatialite connection 
> or easily create a new spatialite file and connection, and create a 
> new table there.
> * Tab fields, if the layer provider is spatialite :
>  - add the ability to delete columns : currently it is not possible
>  - add the ability to rename a column with the appropriate SQL command
> - add the ability to change the type of a column when it is possible
>
> * Tab General
>  - add the ability to create/remove a spatial index for spatialite 
> tables, as QSpatialite does
>
> * FTools and another vector processing tools :
>  - add the ability to choose between shapefile and spatialite to 
> create the processed layers.
>
> I think it would be a big break for QGIS if we facilitate more the use 
> of spatialite. I know it is already possible to achieve many things 
> with DBManager or QSpatialite, but we could help the users by letting 
> them edit spatialite tables without a dedicated tool.
>
> Cheers
>
> Michael
>
>
> 2012/11/26 kimaidou <kimaidou at gmail.com <mailto:kimaidou at gmail.com>>
>
>     Hi Yves,
>
>     I totally agree with you and Bary on the superiority of spatialite
>     VS GeoJson considering performance, geoprocessing methods,
>     capabilities, etc.
>     But I am still not sure beginner would be comfortable enough using
>     Sqlite to replace Shapefiles. I think they will be more
>     comfortable with the idea to keep the one layer / one file
>     architecture. They can off course use one sqlite file containing
>     only one layer, so this question could be answered.
>
>     But still, I think users should be able to use the "Field" tab of
>     the layer properties dialog to easily edit the layer structure,
>     not another dedicated tool in another QGIS menu (or plugin)
>     We could probably find a way to use the tools of the Fields tab to
>     modify the structure of the related sqlite table. This would help
>     a lot people to use more the spatialite format, no ?
>
>     I need more thinking :)
>
>     Thanks all for your comments
>
>
>     2012/11/26 Yves Jacolin (Free) <yjacolin at free.fr
>     <mailto:yjacolin at free.fr>>
>
>         Hello,
>
>         I agreed with all you said, I am sure Spatialite format is the
>         future of
>         Geo"file" format:
>         * easy to share (one file)
>         * easy to use, edit
>         * a lot of better capabities than Shapefile
>         * use same OGC Standard as PostGIS does
>
>         Y.
>         Le lundi 26 novembre 2012 15:35:24 Barry Rowlingson a écrit :
>         > [apologies for empty previous message, I blame google for
>         putting
>         > [...] next to 'Send'. This message has real content:
>         >
>         > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:12 PM, kimaidou
>         <kimaidou at gmail.com <mailto:kimaidou at gmail.com>> wrote:
>         > > Hi list,
>         > >
>         > > The subject is a bit polemical, on purpose. I am used to
>         playing with
>         > > Postgis, spatialite and GeoJson, which are all open-source
>         ways to store
>         > > spatial data.
>         > >
>         > > I am very frustrated by the limitations of the Shapefile
>         format, and much
>         > > more by the quasi obligation to use it as the default
>         vector format in
>         > > QGIS. I mean for non power users who do not use PostGIS or
>         spatialite.
>         >
>         >  Why is spatialite seen as a "power user" option when ESRI
>         users have
>         > been using something similar for years? Its just a file, you
>         connect
>         > to it, you add spatial data to it.
>         >
>         >  GeoJSON is always going to be pretty verbose unless you
>         gzip it - I
>         > wouldn't want to use it for anything too big.
>         >
>         > Barry
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