GDAL ogr2ogr can read a shapefile and write directly into a PostGIS database: http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_shapefile.html http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_pg.html
shp2pgsql (distributed with postgis) converts a shapefile into SQL: http://www.postgis.org/documentation/manual-1.3/ch04.html#id2571948 It has a graphical interface shp2pgsql-gui that can connect directly to a database. On 17/05/12 00:26, Smaran Harihar wrote: > The issue is how can I directly connect to Postgres db that I have created > and make that a PostGIS, and then add the shapefile to it. -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> Software Engineer CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering Australian Resources Research Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
