[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #900: shp2pgsql: a switch to drop M from 4d imports

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#900: shp2pgsql: a switch to drop M from 4d imports
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 Reporter:  strk     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  task     |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  low      |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:           |  
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 Annoyingly enough the only way for a shapefile to hold XYZ geometries is
 by having an M too. This in turn forces you to drop the M after import, if
 you know that the M really has no meaning.

 Now, given the pain it is to convert a column's type (drop 2 constraints,
 update, re-add the constraints, update geometry columns), we might be nice
 and provide a switch for shp2pgsql to do that at import time directly.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/900>
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