Hi, Not really, Spatialite is a spatial extension for SQLite database engine and it does not work with other databases.
However, this is not the whole truth and it is indeed possible to use SQLite and Spatialite functions for handling external data that is not stored into the SQLite data file at all. SQLite has some magic system called "virtual table" which makes it possible to connect a CSV file or Excel spreadsheet virtually from SQLite database without importing data. When this connection is made it is possible to do SQL queries agains the native files as they were real database tables. Of course this connection is not optimal when it comes to speed. GDAL can also utilise SQLite and Spatialite as a database engine. For example, it is possible to do a spatial query against a shapefile (or any other format which is supported by GDAL/OGR) as in this example from the document http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_sql_sqlite.html SELECT EAS_ID, ST_Area(GEOMETRY) AS area FROM poly WHERE ST_Intersects(GEOMETRY, BuildCircleMbr(479750.6875,4764702.0,100)) I don't know how easy or difficult it would be to utilise those advanced features and tricks from Java and OpenJUMP. However, there are many interesting things to do with plain SQL by considering Spatialite just as a zero-configuration relational database http://sqlite.org/zeroconf.html -Jukka. ________________________________________ Lähettäjä: edgar.sol...@web.de [edgar.sol...@web.de] Lähetetty: 8. huhtikuuta 2013 17:59 Vastaanottaja: OpenJump develop and use Aihe: Re: [JPP-Devel] Enhancing DB Query Plugin with Spatialite functions. well, done.. thanks. will definitely put that into my queue! one question still: do i understand correctly that spatiallite extensions will pretty much work with any database connection? e.g. postgis, mysql as well? ..ede On 08.04.2013 16:38, Rahkonen Jukka wrote: > Hi, > > Well, I made a test database from Hamburg and wrote a short manual about > installing and testing > http://latuviitta.org/documents/OpenJUMP_Spatialite_test_manual.pdf > > > -Jukka- > > Jukka Rahkonen wrote: > >> edgar Soldin wrote: >> >>> ok, this sounds too difficult for a last minute inclusion. but we can >>> start on integrating over the course of the next months. >>> can you give me a data test set and/or step by step instructions how >>> it is supposed to work? spatiallite input and spatiallite functions, >>> which seems to be something different? >> >> I can make a test database for you from the OpenStreetMap data. What part >> of Germany would you like to play with? Select from here >> http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany.html >> >> -Jukka- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. >> Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most >> talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal >> http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > Employer Resources Portal > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
