[OSGeo Africa] Importing Data into Postgresql
Tim Sutton
tim at linfiniti.com
Sat Dec 20 12:45:12 EST 2008
Hi Sarel
On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 07:45 +0200, Sarel Coetzer wrote:
> Tim
>
> It is a stand alone application just for doing dirty little jobs, such
> as conversion and import/exports.
> I wrote it in VB, and version 0.01 is out,can be downloaded from:
> My Blog just follow the opensource links.
>
Unfortunately (well fortunately really :-) I'm a Linux user so I wont be
able to test it - I look forward to your java version, or if you decide
to go pythonistic, see some collaboration with Martin - its always good
to build on the work of others rather than reinventing the wheel your
self!
Have a great Christmas!
Regards
Tim
> Later version should see the importing/exporting functions and batch
> file processing and then a planned JAVA version.
>
> Thanks for showing interest, nice motivation as all this is done in my
> spare time.
>
>
> Regards
> Sarel
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>
> wrote:
> Hi Sarel
>
> Let us know when you have something out. Would be great to
> know some
> details too - what language / platform are you targeting? One
> of the
> QGIS developers, Martin Dobias, has written a Postgis Manager
> plugin for
> QGIS which gives a lot of neat functions for working with
> PostGIS from
> within QGIS:
>
> http://mapserver.sk/~wonder/qgis/plugins-sandbox.xml
>
> If you are working in python, it might be nice to consider
> collaborating
> with him.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 07:48 +0200, Sarel Coetzer wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I know this might sound premature but I am about to release
> an
> > application that will allow you to import any type of
> spatail data
> > into PostGIS, .kml, .tab, gml, .gpx. I just fininshed a
> particular
> > section on Friday and am working on the connection and
> importing to
> > PostGIS this week.
> >
> > So please watch my blog http://sarelgis.blogspot.com/ under
> the open
> > source link for release. This would be my first release and
> am
> > planning for more.
> >
> > Regards
> > Sarel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Tim Sutton
> <tim at linfiniti.com>
> > wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > In addition to the other replies given to this
> thread you can
> > also try:
> >
> > - use the 'SPIT' plugin in QGIS to bring your data
> into
> > PostgreSQL
> > - use the command line e.g.
> >
> > shp2pgsql -s 4326 -t tdwg_world_boundaries
> level4.dbf | psql
> > gis
> >
> > However the second option above may not work well on
> windows
> > where they
> > only give you a broken cmd.exe shell environment.
> >
> > If you and others need more help, I'd be happy to
> run a 'bring
> > your own
> > machine' type workshop focussed on getting to grips
> with
> > PostGIS a bit
> > more and helping you to load all your own data.
> >
> > PostGIS really is the core of any FOSS based spatial
> data
> > infrastructure
> > and is well worth getting to grips with.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 03:30 -0800, losso ekolo
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Good day. I can't import data into Postgresql
> after
> > many
> > > attempts.
> > > I'm sure i'm missing something. I tried to follow
> the steps
> > on wiki
> > > AfricaEvents29November2008 but to no avail.
> > > I'm using Windows Xp.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Losso
> > >
> > > PS: I'm missed the first part of the Workshop.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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