# GeoPackage aspatial extension

Warning

This extension has been superseded by GeoPackage 1.2 `attributes` data type.

GeoPackage 1.0 Extension

Extension follows template from Annex I of the OGC GeoPackage 1.0 Specification.

## Extension Title

Aspatial Support

### Introduction

Support for aspatial data (i.e. SQLite tables/views without a geometry column), potentially with associated metadata.

This was used in GDAL 2.0 and GDAL 2.1, before the introduction of the 'attributes' data_type of GeoPackage v1.2. Starting with GDAL 2.2, 'attributes' will be used by default, so this extension is now legacy.

### Extension Author

GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library, author_name gdal.

### Extension Name or Template

SQL

    INSERT INTO gpkg_extensions
    (table_name, column_name, extension_name, definition, scope)
    VALUES
    (
        NULL,
        NULL,
        'gdal_aspatial',
        'http://gdal.org/geopackage_aspatial.html',
        'read-write'
    );

### Extension Type

Extension of Existing Requirement in Clause 2.

### Applicability

This extension applies to any aspatial user data table or view specified in the `gpkg_contents` table with a lowercase data_type column value of "aspatial".

### Scope

Read-write

### Requirements

#### GeoPackage

Contents Table - Aspatial

The gpkg_contents table SHALL contain a row with a lowercase data_type column value of "aspatial" for each aspatial user data table or view.

User Data Tables

The second component of the SQL schema for aspatial tables in an Extended GeoPackage described in clause 'Contents Table - Aspatial' above are user tables or views that contain aspatial user data.

An Extended GeoPackage with aspatial support is not required to contain any user data tables. User data tables MAY be empty.

An Extended GeoPackage with aspatial support MAY contain tables or views. Every such aspatial table or view MAY have a column with column type INTEGER and PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT column constraints per EXAMPLE.

Column Name | Type | Description | Null | Default | Key
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
id | INTEGER | Autoincrement primary key | no |  | PK
text_attribute | TEXT | Text attribute of row | yes |  |
real_attribute | REAL | Real attribute of row | yes |  |
boolean_attribute | BOOLEAN | Boolean attribute of row | yes |  |
raster_or_photo | BLOB | Photograph | yes |  |

An integer primary key of an aspatial table or view allows features to be linked to row level metadata records in the gpkg_metadata table by SQLite ROWID values in the gpkg_metadata_reference table as described in clause 2.4.3 Metadata Reference Table.

An aspatial table or view SHALL NOT have a geometry column.

Columns in aspatial tables or views SHALL be defined using only the data types specified in Table 1 in Clause 1.1.1.1.3.

#### GeoPackage SQLite Configuration

None

#### GeoPackage SQLite Extension

None