SpatiaLite

SpatiaLite is a spatial extension to SQLite, providing vector geodatabase functionality.

// connect
Workspace db = SpatiaLite.open(Paths.get("gis.db"));

// list datasets (tables)
for (Handle<Dataset> dataset : db.list()) {
  System.out.println(dataset.name());
}

// load a dataset
VectorDataset roads = db.get("roads");

Connection Options

The following connection options are supported by the SpatiaLite driver.

Key	Description	Required	Default	Notes
file	Path to SpatiaLite database file.	Yes

Driver Aliases

The SpatiaLite driver is identified by the name spatialite.

Driver Capabilities

The following table summarizes the native capabilities of the SpatiaLite driver.

Capability	Supported	Notes
Dataset Creation	No
Write Support	No
Bounds Filtering	Yes
Property Filtering	No
Limit	No
Offset	No
Field Selection	No