| From: | Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de> |
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| To: | Subha Ramakrishnan <subha(at)gslab(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Uploading data to postgresql database |
| Date: | 2009-03-17 13:26:41 |
| Message-ID: | 49BFA511.5000105@wildenhain.de |
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Subha Ramakrishnan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I wanted to know if there is a way to upload kml/gpx data directly to
> the DB.
By upload you mean...? You can always just insert the date opaque as
raw field or text or use large object (lo).
> So far, I have been using shp2pgsql to upload data from shape files.
> I don't want to convert it to shape and then upload it.
>
> If someone knows of a way to upload without converting to shape file,
> please let me know.
If you plan to do anything with the data inside the database
(and your reference to PostGIS indicates that) you need to insert
it in a structured way as opposed to just "upload the data".
What is wrong with the conversion step you mention?
Regards
Tino
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