Chapter 4. Working with real data
This chapter covers:
PostGIS backup and restore utilities
Utilities for downloading and uncompressing files
Importing and exporting Esri shapefile data
Importing and exporting vectors using ogr2ogr
Importing OpenStreetMap data
Importing and exporting raster data
PostGIS raster output functions
In this chapter, we’ll look at how you can load real-world data into PostGIS and export it. We’ll point you to specific data sources for the examples in this chapter, but if you’re interested in other sources, see the list in appendix A. Note that appendix A is not a comprehensive list, so we encourage you to explore on your own and report back on any discoveries at our Manning author forum: www.manning.com/obe2.
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