Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 18: spatial_sys_ref Table
Figure 19: geometry_columns Table
As you can see, the geometry_columns table is initially empty. This will start to fill up as we
load data into our database.
Loading Points Using QGIS
Quantum GIS has a great little tool built-in called
SPIT
(Shapefile to PostGIS Import Tool)
whose sole purpose is to insert ESRI shapefiles into Postgres.
