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PostGIS extends the capabilities of the PostgreSQL relational database by adding support for storing, indexing, and querying geospatial data.

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How to scale out OpenStreetMap data efficiently

For over a year now, I'm running an in-house PostGIS server filled with OSM data, used for both Mapnik-based tile generation and Nominatim-based geocoding, updated with day replicates. This works pretty well. However, as usage is growing…
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Why is Postgres sitting 95% idle, with no file I/O?

I have a TileMill/PostGIS stack running on an 8 core Ubuntu 12.04 VM on an OpenStack cloud. It's a rebuild of a very similar system which was running nicely on very similar hardware (same cloud, but different physical hardware, I believe) last week.…
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Upgrade PostgreSQL 9.5 to 9.6 with PostGIS - pg_upgrade

I'm trying to upgrade a 9.5 server to 9.6, and pg_upgrade gives me the following error: Performing Consistency Checks ----------------------------- Checking cluster versions ok Checking database user is the install…
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Cannot upgrade postgresql 9.4 -> 9.5beta2 after postgis 2.1.6 -> 2.2.0 upgrade

Here is my situation: I started with Postgresql 9.4.5 and Postgis 2.1.6. Everything running smoothly. Both are installed from source. I upgraded Postgis to 2.2.0 (download source, configure, make, make install, then ALTER EXTENSION postgis UPGRADE…
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How to import a dump in Postgres from a newer version?

We have a postgres-databse under windows, that is version 9.1. From that we want to dump the data and import under a Linux-server, that runs Postgres 8.4. The data include spatial data with Postgis. The problem is, that the dump doesn't import, as…
Mnementh
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Postgres on OS X can't find postgis extension control file

Using mac OSX Yosemite 10.10.1. I uninstalled and re-installed both postgres and postgis with homebrew. I understand that postgres is looking in the wrong place for the postgis control file. Also noticed that 'which psql' path seems incorrect. …
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Contrib directory in PostgreSQL 9.1

Where is the contrib directory in PostgreSQL 9.1? This source states its at /usr/share/pgsql/contrib but the directory /usr/share/pgsql does not exist. I installed PostgreSQL from the rpm, on a CentOS 6.3. I am basically trying to find the correct…
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Ignoring maturity, which database would be better for storing spatial data?

I am looking to store possibly millions of spatial locations. I will need to do queries like "hotels within 10 miles of [lat,lng]". I've had a little experience with MongoDB in this regard and was actually impressed at how easy it was. However,…
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Installing Nominatim Pre-Indexed Data

I am trying to install nominatim using this guide. After one day of processing, I finaly get this message: feature 895(k) Killed After a read in dmesg I got: [143978.925793] Out of memory: kill process 14456 (bash) score 204947 or a…
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Install postgis on ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS

I am trying to install postgis on ubuntu Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS. I search the repo and find a package called postgresql-9.1-postgis. I then installed it: sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.1-postgis It also installed the following…
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Using PostgreSQL 9.0 and PostGIS 1.5 on Debian Squeeze

I have installed PostgreSQL 9.0 (postgresql) and PostGIS 1.5 (postgis) from Debian Backports on my freshly installed Squeeze (stable). However, when trying to create a PostGIS-enabled database, I noticed that I’m missing the “enabler script”…
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Setting up PostGIS on Ubuntu 10.10

I followed this manual: http://www.paolocorti.net/2008/01/30/installing-postgis-on-ubuntu/ I installed using aptitude: postgis postgresql-8.4-postgis but there is no script lwpostgis.sql in the /usr/share/postgresql-8.4-postgis/.
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Do EPEL PostGIS packages remain compatible with Red Hat-supported PostgreSQL for the full RHEL lifecycle?

Background I'm planning to set up a PostgreSQL/PostGIS server on RHEL 9.4 as part of migration work from an older version of RHEL and am comparing upgrade paths from a stability perspective. If I understand correctly, there are two ways to install…
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PostGIS on Fedora27

I'm trying to get PostGIS installed on Fedora27 and Postgres 9.6. When doing this on Windows, I can just use the Stack Builder, but that doesn't appear to be a utility available on the Fedora distribution. I have tried using dnf to install, but…
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OGR FDW only works with UTF-8 databases, postgis install

I try to add postgis extension on postgresql95. I use centos7 I follow this link to install…
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