Yes, I read that you could use that. However, I am using PostgreSQL and PostGIS for class and the homework assignments ask us to use it. Frustrating getting Mac to work with certain programs.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 5:00 PM Regina Obe <[email protected]> wrote: > Carson, > > > > I should add – if you haven't checked out QGIS and you are new to PostGIS > please do – https://qgis.org > > > > It has binaries for Mac, Windows, Linux and has a pretty nice tool called > DbManager that allows you to load data into PostGIS in many formats > (including ESRI Shapefile) > > > > > https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/training_manual/databases/db_manager.html > > > > Hope that helps, > > Regina > > > > > > *From:* Regina Obe [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2019 4:44 PM > *To:* 'PostGIS Users Discussion' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: [postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0 Shapefile and DBF Loader > > > > Carson, > > > > You'd need shp2pgsql-gui installed (and pgAdmin3 didn't come with that). > That always got packaged with the desktop distributions that included > PostGIS. > > > > All pgAdmin3 really helped you with was prefilling the connection info, > which turned out to be more convenient than I thought. It's amazing how > lazy I've become. > > > > If you can find where the shp2pgsql-gui binary is installed on your system > you can launch it directly and then click the "View connection details" and > fill in the information that pgAdmin3 would so conveniently fill in for you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* postgis-users [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Carson Gray > *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2019 3:38 PM > *To:* PostGIS Users Discussion <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0 Shapefile and DBF Loader > > > > Should I just download pgAdmin 3? > > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:25 PM Paul Ramsey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I wonder if we could do some thing native in pgadmin4 with shapely > > > On Mar 22, 2019, at 11:15 AM, Carson Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am very new to this and need to upload shapefiles to pgAdmin 4 and my > instructions say to use the Shapefile Loader. > > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:12 PM Regina Obe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Carson, > > > > Do you compile your own PostGIS or you get from a distribution. We still > have shp2pgsql-gui in PostGIS code base, and I still ship it as part of the > Windows EDB builds. > > > > Unfortunately pgAdmin4 plugin architecture changed from pgAdmin3 days, so > shp2gpsql-gui cannot work as a plugin under pgAdmin4. > > > > I took it out of our upcoming PostGIS In Action book we are doing because > of that and hoping we'll have a replacement for it soon that piggy backs on > shp2pgsql commandline. > > > > > > > > *From:* postgis-users [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Carson Gray > *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2019 1:50 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [postgis-users] PostGIS 2.0 Shapefile and DBF Loader > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a Macbook Pro and am using PGAdmin 4 and PostGIS. I cannot seem to > find the PostGIS 2.0 Shapefile and DBF Loader. Can anyone help with this? > Is there something else I need to download? Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
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