<s>
SpatiaLite	B-Language
is	O
a	O
spatial	O
extension	O
to	O
SQLite	B-Language
,	O
providing	O
vector	O
geodatabase	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
PostGIS	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Spatial	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
with	O
spatial	O
extensions	O
,	O
although	O
SQLite/SpatiaLite	O
are	O
n't	O
based	O
on	O
client-server	O
architecture	O
:	O
they	O
adopt	O
a	O
simpler	O
personal	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpatiaLite	B-Language
extends	O
SQLite	B-Language
's	O
existing	O
spatial	O
support	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
OGC	O
's	O
SFS	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
n't	O
necessary	O
to	O
use	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
to	O
manage	O
spatial	O
data	O
in	O
SQLite	B-Language
,	O
which	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
implementation	O
of	O
R-tree	B-Library
indexes	O
and	O
geometry	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
is	O
needed	O
for	O
advanced	O
spatial	O
queries	O
and	O
to	O
support	O
multiple	O
map	B-Application
projections	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpatiaLite	B-Language
is	O
provided	O
natively	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
library	O
as	O
well	O
several	O
utilities	O
that	O
incorporate	O
the	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
utilities	O
include	O
command	O
line	O
tools	O
that	O
extend	O
SQLite	B-Language
's	O
own	O
with	O
spatial	O
macros	O
,	O
a	O
graphical	O
GUI	O
for	O
manipulating	O
Spatialite	B-Language
databases	O
and	O
their	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
simple	O
desktop	O
GIS	B-Application
tool	O
for	O
browsing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
single	O
binary	O
file	O
,	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
is	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
GIS	B-Application
vector	O
format	O
to	O
exchange	O
geospatial	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ESRI	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
since	O
version	O
10.2	O
as	O
"	O
Database	O
Connection	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenJUMP	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
Plug-In	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TileMill	O
renderer	O
(	O
uses	O
Mapnik	B-Language
)	O
reads	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
as	O
data	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoServer	B-Language
via	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoDjango	B-Language
via	O
the	O
GeoDjango	B-Language
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapServer	B-Application
via	O
the	O
GDAL	B-Language
library	O
(	O
actually	O
OGR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoTools	B-Application
supports	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
using	O
JDBC	B-Language
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mapnik	B-Language
,	O
a	O
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pyspatialite	O
,	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSGeo	B-Application
Live	I-Application
DVD	I-Application
includes	O
spatialite	B-Language
along	O
with	O
a	O
short	O
tutorial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GeoConverter	O
-	O
Free	O
online	O
data	O
converter	O
which	O
reads	O
and	O
writes	O
several	O
GIS	B-Application
vector	O
file	O
formats	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
OGR	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpatiaLite	B-Language
supports	O
several	O
open	O
standards	O
from	O
the	O
OGC	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
listed	O
as	O
a	O
reference	O
implementation	O
for	O
the	O
proposed	O
GeoPackage	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
