[Qgis-user] File-based Mastermap

[Albin Blaschka]

Am 28.09.2011 11:38, schrieb jonathanmoules at warwickshire.gov.uk:
> I need to deploy four stand-alone laptops with a basic GIS (data 
> viewing only) and have chosen QGIS for this. The data held is for the 
> entire county of Warwickshire, and one of the datasets I need to put 
> on there is MasterMap. Specifically the datasets I'm using are:
>
> Topographic line: 3.7 million features
> Topographic Area: 1.3 million features
> Cartographic Text: 250,000 features
>
> Given the dataset size, obviously the first choice is a database, but 
> as these are stand-alone laptops that must have the simplest setup 
> possible (they're going to be used out in the field away from 
> tech-support) I've ruled that option out..

Hello!

No, a database could well be a possibility :-)
Spatialite, which would have the advantage that you have just one file 
for the data, and additionally the advantages of a database concerning 
other (attribute) data...queries, views etc.

HTH,
Albin

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