GeoPackage Blogosphere: Support for OGC GeoPackages in ArcGIS. | ArcGIS Blog...
If you are curious about GeoPackages, here's what you can do. At 10.2.1 or with 10.2.2 desktop, you can create an empty GeoPackage and populate the GeoPackage by copying feature data into it. At...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: One Geometry per Table
It keeps the semantics of the data model concise: a feature has one shape. This is in line with other vector data formats with which GeoPackage is often compared, such as Shapefile or GeoJSON. By...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: Elevation Extension
Currently the GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) is developing an extension to support the storing of elevation data in support of visualization and analysis operations[1]. We see this as a good...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: 2015 Recap
As I type this, OGC is preparing for its Technical Committee meeting in Sydney, Australia. Unfortunately I cannot be there in person. Nevertheless, I want to take this opportunity to recap all of the...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: Preparing for GeoPackage 1.0.2
The GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) has voted to recommend the working version of the GeoPackage specification to the OGC Technical Committee for adoption as version 1.0.2. Because of some...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: The One That Got Away
As a SWG chairman, I take pride in building consensus. We have tackled some tricky challenges this past year and I am pleased to say that we have gotten there with only one roll call vote. What I found...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: GeoPackage Vision
I am regularly asked about the vision for GeoPackage. For example, is it a simple container or does it have any higher level semantics? While the GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) has not...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: What I Want for Christmas (or 2016)
A way to publish multiple versions of the GeoPackage specification on geopackage.org (right now it just shows the working version); Speedy adoption of GeoPackage 1.0.2; A repeatable process for...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: Introducing Thomas Neirynck
We have had a small shake-up in the GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG). Roy Rathbun (NGA) has recently accepted another position within NGA and will not be as available to support OGC...
View ArticleGeoPackage Blogosphere: GeoPackage: A Clarification - 1.1.0
A few months ago I mentioned that I want to avoid substantive changes and a version 1.1 of the GeoPackage standard. It didn't quite work out that way so I would like to clarify what administrative,...
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