GeoPackage
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GeoPackage is an open, platform-independent, SQLite-based format for storing and exchanging geospatial data such as vector features, tile matrices, and metadata in a single file.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GeoPackage canonical | 3 |
| GPKG | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10330003 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GeoPackage Context triple: [Open Geospatial Consortium, standard, GeoPackage]
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A.
GDAL
GDAL is an open-source geospatial data abstraction library widely used for reading, writing, and transforming a broad range of raster and vector geographic data formats.
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B.
GeoJSON
GeoJSON is a widely used JSON-based format for encoding a variety of geographic data structures, including points, lines, polygons, and their associated attributes.
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C.
PostGIS
PostGIS is an open-source spatial database extender that adds robust geographic object support and spatial querying capabilities to PostgreSQL.
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D.
GeoServer
GeoServer is an open-source server application that allows users to share, process, and edit geospatial data using open standards such as WMS, WFS, and WCS.
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E.
ONS Open Geography portal
The ONS Open Geography portal is an online platform providing access to official UK geographic data, boundaries, and related statistical geospatial resources published by the Office for National Statistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GeoPackage Target entity description: GeoPackage is an open, platform-independent, SQLite-based format for storing and exchanging geospatial data such as vector features, tile matrices, and metadata in a single file.
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A.
GDAL
GDAL is an open-source geospatial data abstraction library widely used for reading, writing, and transforming a broad range of raster and vector geographic data formats.
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B.
GeoJSON
GeoJSON is a widely used JSON-based format for encoding a variety of geographic data structures, including points, lines, polygons, and their associated attributes.
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C.
PostGIS
PostGIS is an open-source spatial database extender that adds robust geographic object support and spatial querying capabilities to PostgreSQL.
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D.
GeoServer
GeoServer is an open-source server application that allows users to share, process, and edit geospatial data using open standards such as WMS, WFS, and WCS.
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E.
ONS Open Geography portal
The ONS Open Geography portal is an online platform providing access to official UK geographic data, boundaries, and related statistical geospatial resources published by the Office for National Statistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SQLite-based format
ⓘ
geospatial data format ⓘ open standard ⓘ |
| basedOn | SQLite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canStoreAttributes | true ⓘ |
| canStoreMetadata | true ⓘ |
| canStoreTileMatrices | true ⓘ |
| canStoreVectorFeatures | true ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .gpkg ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | GPKG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdvantage |
good performance on mobile devices
ⓘ
open, non-proprietary specification ⓘ random access to tiles and features ⓘ single-file packaging of multiple datasets ⓘ transaction-safe updates ⓘ |
| isBinaryFormat | true ⓘ |
| isContainerFormat | true ⓘ |
| isDesignedForInteroperability | true ⓘ |
| isDesignedForMobileUse | true ⓘ |
| isDesignedForOfflineUse | true ⓘ |
| isDesignedToReplace |
file-based raster tile formats
ⓘ
shapefile ⓘ |
| isFileBased | true ⓘ |
| isMoreCompactThan | shapefile ⓘ |
| isOpenFormat | true ⓘ |
| isPlatformIndependent | true ⓘ |
| isSelfContained | true ⓘ |
| isSingleFileAlternativeTo |
shapefile
ⓘ
spatialite databases ⓘ |
| isSupportedBy |
ArcGIS Online
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ArcGIS Pro NERFINISHED ⓘ Esri software ⓘ FME NERFINISHED ⓘ GDAL NERFINISHED ⓘ GeoServer NERFINISHED ⓘ MapServer NERFINISHED ⓘ QGIS NERFINISHED ⓘ many mobile GIS applications ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Open Geospatial Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storesAllContentInSingleFile | true ⓘ |
| supportsCoordinateReferenceSystems | yes ⓘ |
| supportsDataType |
attributes
ⓘ
elevation data ⓘ extensions ⓘ metadata ⓘ raster data ⓘ tile matrix sets ⓘ vector data ⓘ |
| supportsGeometryType |
geometryCollection
ⓘ
lineString ⓘ multiLineString ⓘ multiPoint ⓘ multiPolygon ⓘ point ⓘ polygon ⓘ |
| supportsIndexing | yes ⓘ |
| supportsMetadataTables | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsMultipleLayers | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsMultipleTileSets | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsSpatialIndex | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsSQLQueries | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsStylingViaExtensions | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsTransactions | yes ⓘ |
| supportsUserDefinedExtensions | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
| usesSQLForDataAccess | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GeoPackage Description of subject: GeoPackage is an open, platform-independent, SQLite-based format for storing and exchanging geospatial data such as vector features, tile matrices, and metadata in a single file.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GPKG