| Developer(s) | Alessandro Furieri |
|---|---|
| Initial release | March 21, 2008 |
| Stable release | 2.3.0 / July 6, 2009 |
| Operating system | GNU/Linux, MS-Windows, Mac OS X, POSIX compliant systems |
| Type | Geographic information system |
| License | MPL |
| Website | http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite |
SpatiaLite is a spatial extension to SQLite, providing vector geodatabase functionality. It is similar to PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, and SQL Server with spatial extensions, although SQLite/SpatiaLite aren't based on client-server architecture: they adopt a simpler personal architecture. i.e. the whole SQL engine is directly embedded within the application itself: a complete database simply is an ordinary file which can be freely copied (or even deleted) and transferred from one computer/OS to a different one without any special precaution.