The Dominant Programmer

Mar 14, 2021 · Databases

How to Create a PostGIS Spatial Database and Import Shapefile Data

After installing PostgreSQL on Windows, this guide shows how to add the PostGIS extension via pgAdmin, create a new spatial database, verify the installation, and then use the PostGIS Shapefile and DBF Loader Exporter to import a shapefile (with accompanying DBF), handling encoding and path issues, and finally view the imported data.