id,node_id,number,title,user,state,locked,assignee,milestone,comments,created_at,updated_at,closed_at,author_association,pull_request,body,repo,type,active_lock_reason,performed_via_github_app,reactions,draft,state_reason 1124731464,I_kwDOCGYnMM5DCgpI,399,"Make it easier to insert geometries, with documentation and maybe code",9599,open,0,,,25,2022-02-05T00:11:26Z,2023-05-16T03:11:52Z,,OWNER,,"In playing with the new SpatiaLite helpers from #385 I noticed that actually populating geometry columns is still a little bit tricky. Here's what I ended up doing: ```python import httpx, sqlite_utils db = sqlite_utils.Database(""/tmp/spatial.db"") attractions = httpx.get(""https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/roadside_attractions.json?_shape=array"").json() db[""attractions""].insert_all(attractions, pk=""pk"") # Schema of that table is now: # CREATE TABLE [attractions] ( # [pk] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, # [name] TEXT, # [address] TEXT, # [latitude] FLOAT, # [longitude] FLOAT # ) db.init_spatialite() db[""attractions""].add_geometry_column(""point"", ""POINT"") db.execute("""""" update attractions set point = GeomFromText( 'POINT(' || longitude || ' ' || latitude || ')', 4326 ) """""") ``` That last line took some figuring out - especially the need for the SRID of `4326`, without which I got this error: > `IntegrityError: attractions.point violates Geometry constraint [geom-type or SRID not allowed]` It would be good to both document this in more detail, but ideally also to come up with a more obvious pattern for inserting common types of spatial data. Also related: - #398 - #79",140912432,issue,,,"{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/sqlite-utils/issues/399/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,