Getting Started with GeoPackage
This guide helps you to get started using GeoPackage – a lightweight format that can contain large amounts of complex data in a single, easy to distribute and ready to use file.
This guide explains what GeoPackage is, lists the key features and benefits of the format, and details the applications that support GeoPackage features. Accessing GeoPackage data via GIS software provides step-by-step instructions on accessing GeoPackage data via ArcMap, QGIS, MapInfo Professional, ArcGIS Pro and CadCorp. Loading GeoPackage into a database details the use of PostgreSQL while the final page covers reading GeoPackage data via FME.
In response to customer feedback on preferred data formats, a growing number of OS products have been made available in GeoPackage format, including AddressBase Core, Boundary-Line, OS Open Zoomstack and OS Open Roads, to name a few.
GeoPackage (.gpkg) is an open, non-proprietary, platform-independent and standards-based data format for geographic information systems (GIS), as defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). It is designed to be a lightweight format that can contain large amounts of varied and complex data in a single, easy to distribute and ready to use file. GeoPackage is natively supported by numerous software applications.
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This getting started guide is broken down into the following sub-pages:
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