How to Create Spatial Databases in PostGIS | PostgreSQL | Import Shapefile into the Database

The goal of this tutorial is to guide you through the process of how to optimize creation of spatial databases in PostGIS, which is a database management system that is an addition to the strong PostgreSQL Database system designed for use with geographic data. This video tutorial will follow the post about first steps which are needed to work with PostgreSQL database, including the PostGIS extension, as well as several tips on the modification of the locale for working with spatial data. Rather new comer of GIS or a GIS user who wishes to enhance his/her knowledge, this tutorial will provide him/her with requisite information and tools that are useful while operating a spatial database.

Moreover, we will be illustrating to you, the way of transferring the shapefiles database to your PostGIS. Shapefiles are a form of vector data format commonly used in GIS offering the location of geographic place relating to the entities. In addition you will learn on how to use shp2pgsql to translate the shape files into SQL statements that can be run in pgSQL in the postgreSQL for the management of spatial data so as to store it in your spatial database. By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to manage postgreSQL with the uses of data storage and processing GIS data and several types of query.

How to Create Spatial Databases in PostGIS | PostgreSQL | Import Shapefile into the Database

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