Hi, The DCMMS web application has a "shapefile loader" that allows to load zipped shapefiles into PostGIS: http://dcmms.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dcmms/trunk/dcmms/admin/shapefile_loader.php?revision=1085&view=markup I guess you'll have to adjust the code a little bit, but it might be a good starting point. Regards, Steffen