[needs-packaging] SpatiaLite - a GIS extension for SQLite DBMS to handle spatial geometry data

[Tree MendUs]

URL:
http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite-2.0/index.html

Description:
    * SQLite is a popular DBMS, simple, robust, easy to use and really lightweight
    * each SQLite database is simply a file; you can freely copy it, compress it, send it on a LAN or WEB with no complication at all
      They are also portables; the same database file will work on Windows, Linux, MacOs etc
    * the SpatiaLite extension enables SQLite to support spatial data too [aka GEOMETRY], in a way conformant to OpenGis specifications
          o supports standard WKT and WKB formats
          o implements SQL spatial functions such as AsText(), GeomFromText(), Area(), PointN() and alike
          o the complete set of OpenGis functions is supported via GEOS, this comprehending sophisticated spatial analysis functions such as Overlaps(), Touches(), Contains() and so on
          o supports full Spatial metadata along the OpenGis specifications
          o supports importing and exporting from / to shapefiles
          o supports coordinate reprojection via PROJ.4 and EPSG geodetic parameters dataset
          o implements a true Spatial Index based on the still experimental SQLite's RTree extension
    * the VirtualShape extension enables SQLite to access shapefiles as VIRTUAL TABLEs
          o you can then perform standard SQL queries on external shapefiles, with no need for importing or converting them

License:
LGPL license

[Tree MendUs (tree-mendus-deactivatedaccount)]

Not packaged, so too early to request a backport.

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/karmic/spatialite

[Goyo (goyodiaz)]

I think Feisty is not supported anymore so this bug can be closed.