On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:28:45 +1000, Nyall Dawson wrote:
I'm wondering what the future of the spatialite provider should be. I
find it odd that spatialite layers utilise the dedicated spatialite
provider, but geopackage layers use the OGR provider.
I think there's potential value in removing the spatialite provider
and always reading these layers via OGR.
+1
less complexity = more efficiency = stronger standardization
I personally advocated to adopt such an approach one or two
years ago; maintaining an ad hoc QGIS provider simply adds
more unrequired complexity with no obvious benefits.
thanks to the magnificent work of Even Rouault the OGR
sqlite/spatialite/gpkg provider is very stable and affordable,
it's frequently updated and it's very quick in supporting the
most recent cool features introduced by subsequent updated
versions.
Even more important: many other GFOSS components (e.g.
MapServer) are based on the OGR provider, so switching
from the QGIS provider to the standard OGR provider
will obviously facilitate a smoother and more consistent
integration between different tools/apps.
bye Sandro
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