The SQLite file format is a standalone, file-based spatial database format that supports multiple features classes and properties in a single file, and provides spatial indexing, interoperability, and high performance for large data sets.

The SQLite file format has the following characteristics:

• SQLite files can be read on different platforms.
• One schema in a single SQLite file supports multiple feature classes.
• The SQLite file has not its own spatial indexing.
• SQLite files can store geometric and non-geometric data with minimum overhead.
• The SQLite file format supports a single writer at any time, with multiple readers.

Schema Capabilities

Data store provider supports following schema capabilities:

• Auto ID generation.
• Exclusive value range constraints.
• Null value constraints.
• Dynamic spatial contexts.

Geometry Capabilities

Data store provider supports following geometry capabilities:

• XYZ dimensionality.
• Geometry component types: Ring, LinearRing, CircularArcSegment, and LineStringSegment.
• Geometry types: Point, LineString, Polygon, MultiPoint, MultiLineString, MultiPolygon, MultiGeometry, CurveString, CurvePolygon, MultiCurveString, and MultiCurvePolygon