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Setting geometry types importing to PostGIS with OGR

I'm using ogr2ogr to import data into a PostGIS database. Each dataset I need to import has (theoretically) the same exact data structure, but it appears that they are not the same geometry types. ...
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Problem with SPIT (error while importing layers to POSTGIS)

I was attempting to import a polyline roads layer into postgis, using both SPIT in QGIS 1.7 and postGIS GUI for this purpose. I have received errors through both processes as described here: SPIT ...
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Error when importing shapefile to Postgis database

I was trying to import shp to postgis database and i get the following error: Importing with configuration: adresy92, public, geom, C:\Users\tomek\Desktop\adresy92, mode=c, dump=1, simple=0, ...
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Importing multiple shapefiles with tablespace and inheritance defined

In the UK we are very fortunate to have the Ordnance Survey who provide the whole of Britain in vector format. The data is provided as over 60 tiles, each of which contains something like 16 ...
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Unable to Import Data

I am following this tutorial, but i am not able to get the right username and password to import data. How do I know what the username password is? By default I see tomcat6 as database and username ...
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Error importing Shapefile to PostGIS using Importer GUI

I'm trying to import a shapefile into a PostGIS database using the graphical importer. I just installed POSTGRESQL, and PostGIS. The GUI looks like this: After testing that my database worked, I ...
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How does shp2pgsql define schema?

Can anyone explain how it is that the shp2pgsql loader for loading shapefiles into PostGIS goes about defining the schema for a table when importing a shapefile? To further explain, shapefiles are ...