> I haven't got PostGIS installed and have never used it. > However, I would quickly need to make an estimate of how much RAM > space would it require to run shp2psql and psql -f commands on shape > dataset, which size is 368 MB. > > Does any experience user have an estimate of how light/ heavy would > these processes be?
Hi, I recall having loaded a ~ 500mb shapefile some years ago without having to worry about RAM. It took about 20 minutes to load the polygon layers (huge polygons with million vertices and hundred thousand holes. Nicolas _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users