The process of loading external data to a software package.
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Spatial ETL comparisons
I am hoping some of you experts out there can list the pro's and con's of various spatial ETL (extract, transform, load) tools. If you have used these items listed here (or add your own), please ...
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How to convert KML to shapefile without losing attributes?
I'm new to QGIS and all geoinformation itself but have to work on some difficult stuff.
I have a KML file with hundreds of points. To each point there is information, such as Name, Power, Age (it's a ...
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Integrating geolocated Twitter posts in ArcGIS
Is it possible to integrate the lat/long data included with Twitter posts (those few that have it enabled of course) into an ArcGIS desktop environment?
I've seen Twitter applications on ArcGIS Online ...
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How to open the Shape files and extract the data from these files?
We are in need of US highway data. We found it for Florida at the state GIS website . We downloaded the data for Florida highway intersections from here (this is a zip file) . We do not know how to ...
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What tools are available for uploading gis data to a database?
I would like a nice graphical tool that allows me to take standard gis data such as shp files and kml files and upload them to a database such as PostGIS, MySql or Oracle. Are there any such tools? ...
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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 to import SpatiaLite data into GRASS?
How can I import SpatiaLite tables into GRASS? Are there any restrictions I should be aware of? How does GRASS cope with columns that don't have a specific type (Sqlite tends to create such columns ...
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How to manage the osmosis command line?
This refer to this post : Read Here
I'm in trouble when using osmosis command line to export data from planet-latest.osm.bz2 directly to osm2pgsql using some criteria to select what to transfer.
I ...
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How to auto-create a schema.ini file for a .csv?
I have been given some data in a csv file, which I need to import into my ArcSDE geodatabase. ArcGIS is having problems recognizing the field types, and is not importing some data. It is recognizing ...
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How to import .flt files into GRASS?
I am trying to import a raster file (.flt) into GRASS. The raster file (.flt) was generated from HEC-RAS. The said raster format cannot be imported into GRASS (it shows the error "file not ...
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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, ...
