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Given: I have to be able to manage data in a SQL database server.
PostGIS is an extension for [[PostgreSQL]] that spatially enables databases.  
I can't hack geoprocessing on the desktop any more. The datasets are too large.
And there are too many! I need a catalog.


== Building enterprise geodatabase server ==
Currently I am going to do an install on Bellman (no Docker) for performance reasons. The database will run natively. Other services like GeoServer will still be Dockerized for convenience.


=== The hardware ===
For my day job, I work with ESRI software. I used to be a pariah because I also used PostGIS/PostgreSQL. Those days are over,
now you can go to ESRI for help with installing it, ESRI even uses PostgreSQL inside their Datastore component; times change.


At home: a measly Intel Atom with 2GB of RAM, a 32GB SSD, and a WDC 1TB Green drive.
== PostGIS on Bellman (Ubuntu Server 20.4) ==


At work: 2 dual core Xeon processors,  12 GB of RAM, 3Ware RAID with four 1TB drives.
# Install PostgreSQL
# Install PostGIS 3.1.1


=== The software ===
I will try using [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS] because that's the simplest approach and they appear to have the latest PostGIS in their archive. This is what I did.


Operating system: I first tried Debian, which was fine for PostgreSQL/Postgis but when I wanted to install ESRI ArcGIS Server to test it, I changed over to CentOS 5.5. ESRI requires Redhat Enterprise Linux but CentOS works just fine.
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install postgis


At home I am using Ubuntu Server 10.04, and experimenting with the latest stuff. At work I run the more staid editions so that I can be more confident that ESRI ArcGIS stuff will work.
...and then I waited... It installed postgis 3.1.1 on top of postgresql 12, in about ''2 minutes''. No big deal.


Overall, what I need is
I will put pgadmin, geoserver and geowebcache in dockers though.


PostgreSQL 8.4
== PostGIS on CC-Testmaps (Debian 10) for use with ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise ==
phpPgAdmin
Postgis
Proj4
GDAL, OGR
UMN Mapserver
python-mapscript
php5-mapscript


==== Ubuntu option ====
Start off by realizing that there is an st_geometry.so file you'll need and that it's available only for an older version of PostgreSQL.
You can find it nestled in the desktop software near C:/Program Files (x86)/ArcGIS/Desktop/DatabaseSupport/
and in the Windows server at C:/Program Files/ArcGIS/Server/DatabaseSupport/PostgreSQL/12/Linux64


Installed from packages,
Be amused they are different versions of the file, the one in Server is probably newer since it's 10.9 and Desktop is 10.8.1.
Find further amusement in the fact that there is no Postgres corresponding support file in Pro 2.8 even though there is a
Resources/DatabaseSupport/ folder.


<pre>
Following the pattern for Ubuntu, how about [https://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis Debian GIS] ?? Well, it's just Debian.
sudo apt-get install postgresql php5-pgsql\
So, the real question is, are Postgres and PostGIS new enough? I need Postgresql 12+ and PostGIS 3+.
pgadmin3 pgadmin3-data\
As usual, they lag behind so they are at Postgresql 11 and PostGIS 2.5.
postgresql-client postgresql-contrib postgresql-doc\
libproj-dev postgresql-dev-8.4 pidentd


The following extra packages will be installed:
I am going the PostgreSQL route with
  libossp-uuid16 pgagent postgresql-8.4 postgresql-client-8.4 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common postgresql-contrib-8.4 postgresql-doc-8.4
</pre>


Not bad, but I want a newer postgis than the one in the Ubuntu repository (1.4).
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ `lsb_release -cs`-pgdg main" |sudo tee  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
apt install postgresql-12-postgis-3


So I downloaded an SVN snapshot of 1.52 and built it.
That gets everything up and running and I can connect as user "postgres" with "psql postgres".
I had already installed the GEOS package. http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/


<pre>
=== ArcGIS Desktop ===
-------------- Dependencies --------------
  GEOS config:          /usr/local/bin/geos-config
  GEOS version:        3.2.2
  PostgreSQL config:    /usr/bin/pg_config
  PostgreSQL version:  PostgreSQL 8.4.4
  PROJ4 version:        47
  Libxml2 config:      /usr/bin/xml2-config
  Libxml2 version:      2.7.6
  PostGIS debug level:  0


-------- Documentation Generation --------
https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/gdbs-in-postgresql/database-requirements-postgresql.htm
  xsltproc:             /usr/bin/xsltproc
  xsl style sheets:    /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh
  dblatex:             
  convert:              /usr/bin/convert
</pre>


A couple utilities install into /usr/lib/postgressql/8.4 (shp2pgsql and pgsql2shp) but the bulk of Postgis is a set of SQL files that end up in
Today it says "minimum requirements" include "PostgreSQL 9.6.3 (64 bit) + PostGIS 2.3" and it says
/usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib
"newer minor versions are supported, but are not certified."


==== CentOS option ====
I tried to get the FME "Data Interoperability" extension working. I was able to create an ETL tool, but it went off a cliff then complaining that I did not have a license. (I actually did when I ran this test.)


''need to copy this from intranet wiki''
If you have a commercial license it's the standard $2500 extra. It comes with the personal and non-profit versions.


== Server management ==
The FME model is ETL -- extract data from native format (PostGIS in this case), transform to ESRI format, load it into an ESRI database.
All this duplication and copying misses the point of using a database in the first place. And also it means GDAL works fine for the same process. QGIS works even better since it lets me use the native formats directly with no commotion.
 
== Vector Tiles ==
 
I made a note to check this guy's article: [https://www.zimmi.cz/posts/2017/postgis-as-a-mapbox-vector-tiles-generator/ PostGIS as a MapBox Vector Tile Generator]
so I did, it's about PostGIS 2.4 so only a bit dated now. See this for news: https://info.crunchydata.com/blog/waiting-for-postgis-3-st_asmvt-performance
 
== PostGIS in Docker ==
 
I use Docker Compose to put together PostGIS and Geoserver.
I document it in the [[Geoserver]] page.
 
It looks like I will be doing more work with building my own PostGIS docker container to get support for the latest versions.
I am leaving some notes on building from source here.
 
=== Building PostGIS 3 on the efforts of others ===
 
PostGIS repo: https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis
 
The official build environment, owned by postgis account at hub, account created by Sandro
https://hub.docker.com/r/postgis/postgis-build-env
 
Looks like the github for this image is here: https://github.com/postgis/postgis-build-env
 
At OSGEO "Docker images for PostGIS", from Sandro
https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis-docker
 
Another one
https://github.com/mattyb/docker-postgis-dev
 
==== GDAL ====
 
Building GDAL is the most convoluted and time consuming step in installing PostGIS from sources.
But it also gives you the best support for the files you need to use, and it is probably necessary
if you want the newest version of PostGIS.
 
'''TODO''' might want to add SFCGAL support but I don't need it yet.
 
sudo apt install postgresql-server-dev-9.6
sudo apt install python-cxx-dev
 
I always need features not yet released in packaged form, so install the subversion source code to track the latest.
 
Get GDAL sources for example
 
cd ~/src/GIS
wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.2.4/gdal-2.2.4.tar.gz
 
"poppler" packages are included for PDF support.
 
sudo apt install libopenjp2-7 libopenjp2-7-dev
sudo apt install libpoppler-dev
sudo apt install expat libexpat1-dev libkml-dev libxerces-c-dev
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev
 
'''ESRI FGDB support''': OpenFGDB gives access to version 9 fgdb files and read only, ESRI library only gives version 10 access and write access.
If you want it anyway, download it from ESRI and unpack it.
They move it around, everytime I need it it's in a new place. Try http://appsforms.esri.com/products/download/
 
cd ~/src/GIS
tar xzvf FileGDB_API_1_4-64.tar.gz
cd FileGDB_API
sudo cp lib/*.so /usr/local/lib
sudo ldconfig -v
 
'''ESRI MDB support:''' Who cares? Personal geodatabases are so rare these days I no longer bother to include this.
See http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_mdb.html
Install a Java JDK (I use version 7) and get the jackess library: http://jackcess.sourceforge.net/ and put it in this MDB folder
 
mkdir MDB
cd MDB
wget http://apache.deathculture.net//commons/lang/binaries/commons-lang3-3.1-bin.tar.gz
wget http://apache.cs.utah.edu//commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.1-bin.tar.gz
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jackcess/jackcess/1.2.9/jackcess-1.2.9.jar?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fjackcess%2Ffiles%2F&ts=1355080366&use_mirror=superb-dca3
tar xzvf commons-lang3-3.1-bin.tar.gz
tar xzvf commons-logging-1.1.1-bin.tar.gz
sudo cp commons-logging-1.1.1/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar commons-lang3-3.1/commons-lang3-3.1.jar jackcess-1.2.9.jar /opt/oracle/jdk1.7.0_09/jre/lib/ext/
 
Do the configure and build.
 
cd ~/src/GIS/gdal
./configure \
--with-python --with-poppler \
--with-pg=/usr/bin/pg_config \
--with-curl \
--with-openjpeg --with-geos --with-geotiff \
--with-jpeg --with-png \
--with-expat --with-libkml --with-xerces-c
 
Optionally add
--with-java=/opt/oracle/jdk1.7.0_75
--with-fgdb=/home/bwilson/src/GIS/FileGDB_API-64
--with-mrsid=/home/bwilson/src/GIS/MrSID/Raster_DSDK
 
Note the MrSID line requires a complete path for some reason. I don't use MrSID so I don't build it in right now. (2017-02)
Probably my fault somehow, I think a relative path should be good enough.
 
Once configure is done make sure the options you selected show 'yes'. Else adjust and repeat...
 
make -j 14
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig -v
 
'''Confirm that the version you just built is really the one found.'''
(There might be an older version for example in /usr/bin! Surprise!!)
 
gdalinfo --version
 
'''Confirm the formats you need are listed with these commands'''
 
gdalinfo --formats
ogrinfo --formats
 
For example.
ogrinfo --formats | grep GDB
  -> "FileGDB" (read/write)
 
'''Confirm you can load it from Python, too.'''
 
$ '''python'''
Python 2.7.13 (default, Nov 24 2017, 17:33:09)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> '''import osgeo.gdal'''
>>> '''print osgeo.gdal.__version__'''
2.20dev
>>>
YAY!
 
=== PostGIS ===
 
==== Installing the prerequisites ====
 
'''Don't do this''': sudo apt-get build-dep postgis
 
Ordinarily it is handy to do something like this to pick up all the build dependencies, but this downloads and installs too much!
 
It picks up binaries that we want to build from source which is bad because we want to get the most up-to-date versions. Then you have to wrestle with having 2 versions of various things (some in /usr and some in /usr/local) and it's too much work.
 
Instead I install the supporting package individually.
I have already installed PostgreSQL and GEOS at this point so
all I needed to do at this stage was this:
 
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libjson-c-dev libproj-dev
 
The PostGIS trunk wants the latest unreleased GEOS.
As long as I am building it, I opt for the python module too.
 
sudo apt install swig
cd ~/src/GIS
git clone https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/geos/geos.git
cd geos
sh autogen.sh
./configure --enable-python
make -j 7
 
==== PostGIS 2.4 ====
 
Building from source -- I do it to get features and performance.
 
sudo apt-get install xsltproc


=== Create user and password for phppgadmin ===
(either) Direct checkout to get the very latest including topology and raster
git clone https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis
cd postgis
sudo apt install autoconf libtool
sh autogen.sh


From command line... if you want to use database authentication
(or) Do a traditional tarball download to get almost the latest


psql -U postgres
'''Building on Debian and Ubuntu'''
CREATE USER bwilson WITH PASSWORD 'jackalope';
By the time you've made it to this stage the actual PostGIS build seems trivial.


To see the user table
./configure --with-raster
  SELECT * FROM pg_authid
make -j 10
  sudo make install


Now user bwilson should be able to use phppgadmin
'''Building on Mac''' seemed promising but I failed. I use a Linux virtual machine for testing.


== Loading data into PostGIS ==
== Server management ==


Lots of our data comes in the form of shapefiles, for this I can use
You have to create the initial databases for Postgres. See the INSTALL file in the sources for more information. Here is how I do it.
'''shp2pgsql'''


Create a user to own the postgres files


For ESRI data then I think the best tack is to write a
su
'''geoprocessing Python script''' - It can use the ESRI proprietary code to read any feature class using a cursor and load them into postgis.
adduser postgres


To do this I need to be able to write to the PostGIS database from my Python script.
Create your data storage area(s) (what's the Postgres term for that? it's a "cluster".) This assumes you set PGDATA correctly for your system.


I guess I need a new page here.... [[Loading data into PostGIS]]
mkdir $PGDATA
chown postgres $PGDATA


=== Setting up a new PostGIS database ===
Create the initial database tables


  su - postgres
  su - postgres
  psql
  initdb -D $PGDATA
  CREATE DATABASE "WA_South_King" WITH OWNER=postgres TABLESPACE=pg_default;
  exit


After creating the database you have to enable it for storing geographic data. Enable PL/pgSQL procedural language extension.
You probably want to edit the $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf files.
I add lines to allow my computers to connect in pg_hba.conf and I tell the server to listen for network connections in postgresql.conf


createlang plpgsql -U postgres -d WA_South_King
Start the server. There is a sample startup script for Redhat/Centos in the source tree


Did it work?
  sudo cp contrib/start-scripts/linux /etc/init.d/postgresql-9
  createlang -l -d WA_South_King
  sudo systemctl start postgresql
  Procedural Languages
  Name  | Trusted?
---------+----------
  plpgsql | yes


Yes! Add the postgis extensions to the database.
Create a generic database to test postgres.


The old way
createdb -U postgres test
  psql -U postgres -d WA_South_King -f /usr/share/postgresql-8.3-postgis/lwpostgis.sql
  psql -U postgres test
\d
\q


The new way (postgis 1.5) (where I put the file anyway LOL)
If it works you can drop it.
psql -U postgres -d test -f /usr/local/share/postgis.sql


=== Load some data ===
dropdb -U postgres test


Convert city polygon shapefile into SQL commands
== Tuning your system for PostGIS ==


shp2pgsql /export/kilchis/temp/Ann/IncidentView/Data/WA/South_King_Fire/AGI_shapefiles/Cities_revised.shp cities > cities.sql
Tips from a SOTM Mapnik doc. http://www.geofabrik.de/media/2010-07-10-rendering-toolchain-performance.pdf


Load the data now by executing the SQL
Adjust settings in your postgresql.conf file


psql -U postgres -d WA_South_King < cities.sql
* shared_buffers 128MB -> 768MB
* work_mem 1MB -> 512MB
* maintenance_work_mem 16 -> 512MB
* fsync on -> off


=== Query data ===
=== Create another user and password ===


Did the load work? Try a simple query.
From command line... if you want to use database authentication


  '''psql -U postgres -d WA_South_King
  psql -U postgres
  SELECT name FROM cities;'''
  CREATE USER gis_owner WITH PASSWORD 'jackalope';
      name
------------------
Shoreline
Lake Forest Park
Kenmore
Bothell
...


The glory! Now try a geometric query
To see the user table
SELECT * FROM pg_authid;


'''SELECT name, AREA(the_geom) FROM cities ORDER BY AREA(the_geom);'''
== Install PostGIS Template ==
      name      |      area
------------------+------------------
Beaux Arts      | 2308400.44773863
RUSTON          | 7069686.79758783
Hunts Point      | 8537598.97906794
Skykomish        | 9349760.74397126
...


=== Setting the SRID (Spatial reference ID) ===
'''createdb -U postgres gis_data'''
'''psql -U postgres gis_data'''
# '''CREATE EXTENSION postgis;'''
CREATE EXTENSION
# '''CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;'''
CREATE EXTENSION
# '''CREATE EXTENSION address_standardizer;'''
CREATE EXTENSION


First I look at the shapefiles to see what the PRJ portion says. Then
Et voila! You should be able to do this now:
I look up the SRID in the Proj file /usr/share/proj/esri


Cities is WA North = '''102348''' and Counties is WA South = '''102349'''
# '''SELECT postgis_full_version();'''


New short way
and you will see this result or something similar to this:


  UpdateGeometrySRID([<schema_name>], <table_name>, <column_name>, <srid>)
  POSTGIS="3.1.2 cbe925d" [EXTENSION] PGSQL="130" GEOS="3.7.1-CAPI-1.11.1 27a5e771" PROJ="Rel. 5.2.0, September 15th, 2018" LIBXML="2.9.4" LIBJSON="0.12.1" LIBPROTOBUF="1.3.1" WAGYU="0.5.0 (Internal)" TOPOLOGY
(1 row)


Long old way
== Some extras ==


ALTER TABLE cities DROP CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom" RESTRICT;
Suggestions from the switch2osm page,
UPDATE cities SET the_geom=ST_SetSRID(the_geom, 102348);
ALTER TABLE cities ADD CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom" CHECK(SRID(the_geom)=102348);
UPDATE geometry_columns set SRID=102348 WHERE f_table_name='cities';


ALTER TABLE WA_Counties DROP CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom" RESTRICT;
sudo apt-get install munin munin-plugins-extra munin-node iotop ptop
UPDATE wa_counties SET the_geom=ST_SetSRID(the_geom, 102349);
 
ALTER TABLE wa_counties ADD CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom" CHECK(SRID(the_geom)=102349);
See also http://aouyar.github.io/PyMunin/plugins/postgresql.html
UPDATE geometry_columns set SRID=102349 WHERE f_table_name='wa_counties';
which I don't have set up yet.
 
== Loading data into PostGIS ==
 
I have moved everything that used to be here to its own page, because this is a pretty big topic. Go look at [[Loading data into PostGIS]]
 
== Exporting data from PostGIS ==
 
If you want to go back to a plain old shapefile (the horror!), use
pgsql2shp


=== Spatial queries ===
== Accessing data ==


I have also added counties, WA_Counties table. So I can see what cities fall inside King county. The problem is that these tables are now in different projections, so the query fails.
=== ArcMap Desktop ===


SELECT cities.name, WA_Counties.county_nm FROM cities INNER JOIN WA_Counties ON (cities.the_geom && WA_Counties.the_geom AND intersects(cities.the_geom, WA_Counties.the_geom));
See [[ArcGIS + PostGIS]].
ERROR:  Operation on two geometries with different SRIDs


I cannot use the transform() function though because my SPATIAL_REF_SYS table is not loaded with the ESRI values! Que mal!
=== QGIS ===


Use this GDAL util to convert the ESRI codes to Proj.4 codes
QGIS and PostGIS are made for each other, so any guide to QGIS will tell you how to use PostGIS as repository. You can use QGIS to read and write data stored in PostGIS.
cd src/FWTools-2.0.6
export PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/pymod
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/lib
cd share
../bin/epsg_tr.py -postgis -list esri_extra.wkt > ~/esri.sql


Load them into the database.
=== Web sites ===


su postgres
You can read data directly from PostGIS or you can try using an intermediary. This allows more flexibility. For example you can keep raw spatial data in PostGIS, and create layers in GeoServer complete with styles, and then build up a web map from your own and other services using [[OpenLayers]] or Leaflet.
psql -U postgres -d WA_South_King < /home/AGI/bwilson/esri.sql


Now transform() should work.
I have been working with [[GeoServer]] but many people like [[MapServer]]. There are other choices.


== Reprojection ==
== Reprojection ==
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  ALTER TABLE wa_counties_p ADD CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom"CHECK(SRID(the_geom)=102348);
  ALTER TABLE wa_counties_p ADD CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom"CHECK(SRID(the_geom)=102348);


== Exporting data from PostGIS ==
== Additional resources ==


pgsql2shp
Postgis wiki http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiMain


== Integration with ArcGIS Desktop using ZigGIS ==
The manual https://postgis.net/docs/manual-dev/
 
== Resources ==
 
Postgis wiki http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiMain


An article of interest
An article of interest
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http://www.bostongis.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?content_name=sqlserver2008_postgis_mysql_compare
http://www.bostongis.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?content_name=sqlserver2008_postgis_mysql_compare


== Other ==  
=== Other ===


From some forum or other
From some forum or other
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explain select * from test limit 1000;
explain select * from test limit 1000;




This will tell you what type of scan is being done. In the above case it is always going to be a sequential scan, due to the nature of the query. If you are doing a query like:
This will tell you what type of scan is being done. In the above case it is always going to be a sequential scan, due to the nature of the query. If you are doing a query like:
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James"
James"
[[Category:GIS]]
[[Category: OpenLayers]]
[[Category:PostgreSQL]]

Latest revision as of 17:24, 30 June 2021

PostGIS is an extension for PostgreSQL that spatially enables databases.

Currently I am going to do an install on Bellman (no Docker) for performance reasons. The database will run natively. Other services like GeoServer will still be Dockerized for convenience.

For my day job, I work with ESRI software. I used to be a pariah because I also used PostGIS/PostgreSQL. Those days are over, now you can go to ESRI for help with installing it, ESRI even uses PostgreSQL inside their Datastore component; times change.

PostGIS on Bellman (Ubuntu Server 20.4)

  1. Install PostgreSQL
  2. Install PostGIS 3.1.1

I will try using UbuntuGIS because that's the simplest approach and they appear to have the latest PostGIS in their archive. This is what I did.

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install postgis

...and then I waited... It installed postgis 3.1.1 on top of postgresql 12, in about 2 minutes. No big deal.

I will put pgadmin, geoserver and geowebcache in dockers though.

PostGIS on CC-Testmaps (Debian 10) for use with ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise

Start off by realizing that there is an st_geometry.so file you'll need and that it's available only for an older version of PostgreSQL. You can find it nestled in the desktop software near C:/Program Files (x86)/ArcGIS/Desktop/DatabaseSupport/ and in the Windows server at C:/Program Files/ArcGIS/Server/DatabaseSupport/PostgreSQL/12/Linux64

Be amused they are different versions of the file, the one in Server is probably newer since it's 10.9 and Desktop is 10.8.1. Find further amusement in the fact that there is no Postgres corresponding support file in Pro 2.8 even though there is a Resources/DatabaseSupport/ folder.

Following the pattern for Ubuntu, how about Debian GIS ?? Well, it's just Debian. So, the real question is, are Postgres and PostGIS new enough? I need Postgresql 12+ and PostGIS 3+. As usual, they lag behind so they are at Postgresql 11 and PostGIS 2.5.

I am going the PostgreSQL route with

wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ `lsb_release -cs`-pgdg main" |sudo tee  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
apt install postgresql-12-postgis-3

That gets everything up and running and I can connect as user "postgres" with "psql postgres".

ArcGIS Desktop

https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/gdbs-in-postgresql/database-requirements-postgresql.htm

Today it says "minimum requirements" include "PostgreSQL 9.6.3 (64 bit) + PostGIS 2.3" and it says "newer minor versions are supported, but are not certified."

I tried to get the FME "Data Interoperability" extension working. I was able to create an ETL tool, but it went off a cliff then complaining that I did not have a license. (I actually did when I ran this test.)

If you have a commercial license it's the standard $2500 extra. It comes with the personal and non-profit versions.

The FME model is ETL -- extract data from native format (PostGIS in this case), transform to ESRI format, load it into an ESRI database. All this duplication and copying misses the point of using a database in the first place. And also it means GDAL works fine for the same process. QGIS works even better since it lets me use the native formats directly with no commotion.

Vector Tiles

I made a note to check this guy's article: PostGIS as a MapBox Vector Tile Generator so I did, it's about PostGIS 2.4 so only a bit dated now. See this for news: https://info.crunchydata.com/blog/waiting-for-postgis-3-st_asmvt-performance

PostGIS in Docker

I use Docker Compose to put together PostGIS and Geoserver. I document it in the Geoserver page.

It looks like I will be doing more work with building my own PostGIS docker container to get support for the latest versions. I am leaving some notes on building from source here.

Building PostGIS 3 on the efforts of others

PostGIS repo: https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis

The official build environment, owned by postgis account at hub, account created by Sandro https://hub.docker.com/r/postgis/postgis-build-env

Looks like the github for this image is here: https://github.com/postgis/postgis-build-env

At OSGEO "Docker images for PostGIS", from Sandro https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis-docker

Another one https://github.com/mattyb/docker-postgis-dev

GDAL

Building GDAL is the most convoluted and time consuming step in installing PostGIS from sources. But it also gives you the best support for the files you need to use, and it is probably necessary if you want the newest version of PostGIS.

TODO might want to add SFCGAL support but I don't need it yet.

sudo apt install postgresql-server-dev-9.6
sudo apt install python-cxx-dev

I always need features not yet released in packaged form, so install the subversion source code to track the latest.

Get GDAL sources for example

cd ~/src/GIS
wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.2.4/gdal-2.2.4.tar.gz

"poppler" packages are included for PDF support.

sudo apt install libopenjp2-7 libopenjp2-7-dev
sudo apt install libpoppler-dev
sudo apt install expat libexpat1-dev libkml-dev libxerces-c-dev
sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev
sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev

ESRI FGDB support: OpenFGDB gives access to version 9 fgdb files and read only, ESRI library only gives version 10 access and write access. If you want it anyway, download it from ESRI and unpack it. They move it around, everytime I need it it's in a new place. Try http://appsforms.esri.com/products/download/

cd ~/src/GIS
tar xzvf FileGDB_API_1_4-64.tar.gz
cd FileGDB_API
sudo cp lib/*.so /usr/local/lib
sudo ldconfig -v

ESRI MDB support: Who cares? Personal geodatabases are so rare these days I no longer bother to include this. See http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_mdb.html Install a Java JDK (I use version 7) and get the jackess library: http://jackcess.sourceforge.net/ and put it in this MDB folder

mkdir MDB
cd MDB
wget http://apache.deathculture.net//commons/lang/binaries/commons-lang3-3.1-bin.tar.gz
wget http://apache.cs.utah.edu//commons/logging/binaries/commons-logging-1.1.1-bin.tar.gz
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jackcess/jackcess/1.2.9/jackcess-1.2.9.jar?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fjackcess%2Ffiles%2F&ts=1355080366&use_mirror=superb-dca3
tar xzvf commons-lang3-3.1-bin.tar.gz 
tar xzvf commons-logging-1.1.1-bin.tar.gz
sudo cp commons-logging-1.1.1/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar commons-lang3-3.1/commons-lang3-3.1.jar jackcess-1.2.9.jar /opt/oracle/jdk1.7.0_09/jre/lib/ext/

Do the configure and build.

cd ~/src/GIS/gdal
./configure \
--with-python --with-poppler \
--with-pg=/usr/bin/pg_config \
--with-curl \
--with-openjpeg --with-geos --with-geotiff \
--with-jpeg --with-png \
--with-expat --with-libkml --with-xerces-c

Optionally add

--with-java=/opt/oracle/jdk1.7.0_75
--with-fgdb=/home/bwilson/src/GIS/FileGDB_API-64
--with-mrsid=/home/bwilson/src/GIS/MrSID/Raster_DSDK

Note the MrSID line requires a complete path for some reason. I don't use MrSID so I don't build it in right now. (2017-02) Probably my fault somehow, I think a relative path should be good enough.

Once configure is done make sure the options you selected show 'yes'. Else adjust and repeat...

make -j 14
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig -v

Confirm that the version you just built is really the one found. (There might be an older version for example in /usr/bin! Surprise!!)

gdalinfo --version

Confirm the formats you need are listed with these commands

gdalinfo --formats
ogrinfo --formats

For example.

ogrinfo --formats | grep GDB
 -> "FileGDB" (read/write)

Confirm you can load it from Python, too.

$ python
Python 2.7.13 (default, Nov 24 2017, 17:33:09) 
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import osgeo.gdal
>>> print osgeo.gdal.__version__
2.20dev
>>> 

YAY!

PostGIS

Installing the prerequisites

Don't do this: sudo apt-get build-dep postgis

Ordinarily it is handy to do something like this to pick up all the build dependencies, but this downloads and installs too much!

It picks up binaries that we want to build from source which is bad because we want to get the most up-to-date versions. Then you have to wrestle with having 2 versions of various things (some in /usr and some in /usr/local) and it's too much work.

Instead I install the supporting package individually. I have already installed PostgreSQL and GEOS at this point so all I needed to do at this stage was this:

sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libjson-c-dev libproj-dev

The PostGIS trunk wants the latest unreleased GEOS. As long as I am building it, I opt for the python module too.

sudo apt install swig
cd ~/src/GIS
git clone https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/geos/geos.git
cd geos
sh autogen.sh
./configure --enable-python
make -j 7

PostGIS 2.4

Building from source -- I do it to get features and performance.

sudo apt-get install xsltproc

(either) Direct checkout to get the very latest including topology and raster

git clone https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis
cd postgis
sudo apt install autoconf libtool
sh autogen.sh

(or) Do a traditional tarball download to get almost the latest

Building on Debian and Ubuntu By the time you've made it to this stage the actual PostGIS build seems trivial.

./configure --with-raster
make -j 10
sudo make install

Building on Mac seemed promising but I failed. I use a Linux virtual machine for testing.

Server management

You have to create the initial databases for Postgres. See the INSTALL file in the sources for more information. Here is how I do it.

Create a user to own the postgres files

su
adduser postgres

Create your data storage area(s) (what's the Postgres term for that? it's a "cluster".) This assumes you set PGDATA correctly for your system.

mkdir $PGDATA
chown postgres $PGDATA

Create the initial database tables

su - postgres
initdb -D $PGDATA
exit

You probably want to edit the $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf files. I add lines to allow my computers to connect in pg_hba.conf and I tell the server to listen for network connections in postgresql.conf

Start the server. There is a sample startup script for Redhat/Centos in the source tree

sudo cp contrib/start-scripts/linux /etc/init.d/postgresql-9
sudo systemctl start postgresql

Create a generic database to test postgres.

createdb -U postgres test
psql -U postgres test
\d
\q

If it works you can drop it.

dropdb -U postgres test

Tuning your system for PostGIS

Tips from a SOTM Mapnik doc. http://www.geofabrik.de/media/2010-07-10-rendering-toolchain-performance.pdf

Adjust settings in your postgresql.conf file

  • shared_buffers 128MB -> 768MB
  • work_mem 1MB -> 512MB
  • maintenance_work_mem 16 -> 512MB
  • fsync on -> off

Create another user and password

From command line... if you want to use database authentication

psql -U postgres
CREATE USER gis_owner WITH PASSWORD 'jackalope';

To see the user table

SELECT * FROM pg_authid;

Install PostGIS Template

createdb -U postgres gis_data
psql -U postgres gis_data
# CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION
# CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;
CREATE EXTENSION
# CREATE EXTENSION address_standardizer;
CREATE EXTENSION

Et voila! You should be able to do this now:

# SELECT postgis_full_version();

and you will see this result or something similar to this:

POSTGIS="3.1.2 cbe925d" [EXTENSION] PGSQL="130" GEOS="3.7.1-CAPI-1.11.1 27a5e771" PROJ="Rel. 5.2.0, September 15th, 2018" LIBXML="2.9.4" LIBJSON="0.12.1" LIBPROTOBUF="1.3.1" WAGYU="0.5.0 (Internal)" TOPOLOGY
(1 row)

Some extras

Suggestions from the switch2osm page,

sudo apt-get install munin munin-plugins-extra munin-node iotop ptop

See also http://aouyar.github.io/PyMunin/plugins/postgresql.html which I don't have set up yet.

Loading data into PostGIS

I have moved everything that used to be here to its own page, because this is a pretty big topic. Go look at Loading data into PostGIS

Exporting data from PostGIS

If you want to go back to a plain old shapefile (the horror!), use pgsql2shp

Accessing data

ArcMap Desktop

See ArcGIS + PostGIS.

QGIS

QGIS and PostGIS are made for each other, so any guide to QGIS will tell you how to use PostGIS as repository. You can use QGIS to read and write data stored in PostGIS.

Web sites

You can read data directly from PostGIS or you can try using an intermediary. This allows more flexibility. For example you can keep raw spatial data in PostGIS, and create layers in GeoServer complete with styles, and then build up a web map from your own and other services using OpenLayers or Leaflet.

I have been working with GeoServer but many people like MapServer. There are other choices.

Reprojection

CREATE TABLE "wa_counties_p" (gid serial PRIMARY KEY,
"county_cod" int2,"county_fip" varchar(3),"county_nm" varchar(15),
"ecy_region" varchar(4),"air_region" varchar(46));

SELECT AddGeometryColumn(,'wa_counties_s','the_geom','-1','MULTIPOLYGON',2);

ALTER TABLE wa_counties_p DROP CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom" RESTRICT;

INSERT INTO wa_counties_p SELECT gid,county_cod, county_fip, county_nm, ecy_region, air_region, transform(the_geom, 102348) FROM wa_counties;

ALTER TABLE wa_counties_p ADD CONSTRAINT "enforce_srid_the_geom"CHECK(SRID(the_geom)=102348);

Additional resources

Postgis wiki http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiMain

The manual https://postgis.net/docs/manual-dev/

An article of interest

http://www.bostongis.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?content_name=sqlserver2008_postgis_mysql_compare

Other

From some forum or other

"574 post(s)

  1. 23-Mar-09 20:06

I suppose I could share a few things that I have found out through trial and error. I am certainly no expert.

I am running on windows server 2003 32 bit, so if you are running 64 bit or *nix versions, the experiences could be very different.

1. Make sure you have the latest version of postgres / postGIS. In another thread you mentioned that you have only just installed it, so I would think that this is the case. Version Postgres 8.3 has a nice easy windows installer that makes it a piece of cake to install. The application Stack Builder picks up the latest postGIS version, so there is no need to worry too much about installing postGIS seperately.

2. I found that installing the Tuning wizard that can be found in the Application Stack Builder helps to configure the memory setting quite well. For my purposes, I didn't need to tweak any of the memory setting into the postgresql.conf file.

3. If you are planning on doing spatial queries on any datasets that you export to postgres, then make sure you have spatial indexes on the geometry field. When you export from manifold using the Postgres type, then these indexes are created automatically. I would suggest reading the postgis user manual, it is pretty comprehensive, and fairly easy to follow. It will give you a good idea of what is possible with spatial queries. It is available http://postgis.refractions.net/download/postgis-1.3.5.pdf

4. The postGIS email list is very helpful. See http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users to join.

5. If you are doing joins between tables in the database, then you will have to manually set up the indexes. If you are using pgAdmin III (which I like), then before you run queries, you can see if your indexes are being used by using explain.

--sql (for use within postgresql (or in the database manager console in manifold)


explain select * from test limit 1000;


This will tell you what type of scan is being done. In the above case it is always going to be a sequential scan, due to the nature of the query. If you are doing a query like:

select * from "PARCEL_MAPPING" INNER JOIN "100K index" ON st_intersects("PARCEL_MAPPING".geometry, "100K index".geometry)

where "100K index"."Sheet_Name" = 'DANYO'


There is an explain button in the query editor in pgAdmin III which shows this in a graphic form so you can see pretty quickly if you aren't taking advantage of your indexes.

6. Also as mentioned above, it is a good idea to do vaccuum analyzes often as these help indexes perform better.

7. If you are using large drawings that have lots of drawing objects, then make use of the AOI windowing when linking the drawings. Also see http://forum.manifold.net/forum/t64537.18 for a handy tool to help out.

8. Change the extents() aggregate function in postgres. Manifold uses this when linking drawings (for which reason I don't know). It is VERY slow on large datasets. If you use the tool mentioned above, you don't need the extents function at all. All I did was rename the function so I could still use it if I had to in code and postGIS, but Manifold wasn't automatically trying to use it.

--sql (in postgres)

DROP AGGREGATE extent(geometry);


CREATE AGGREGATE _extent(geometry) (

 SFUNC=public.st_combine_bbox,
 STYPE=box2d

);

That is about all I can think of for the moment, but I am sure others have more tips.

Hope this helps

James"