Creating a GeoPackage

In this chapter, we will create some data. It will be captured in the same location and projection as the QGIS sample data. We will focus on mapping the island off the coast of Anchorage called Fire Island. First off, let's create a GeoPackage called Fire_Island.

To create a New GeoPackage Layer (a layer within a GeoPackage), we first need to create a new GeoPackage. From the Layer menu, select Create Layer | New GeoPackage Layer, as shown in the following screenshot:

Creating a GeoPackage layer

In the resulting dialog box, fill in the parameters, as in the following screenshot:

GeoPackage reference dialog box

We are going to create a layer in this GeoPackage called Fire_Island_Points, with Geometry type as Point and the coordinate reference system as EPSG 2964. Create a New field called Description and set its Type to Text data with a maximum Length...