====== Adding GIS Support to Postgres ======
create role gis_admin login password 'gis_password';
GRANT rds_superuser TO gis_admin;
create database gis;
grant all privileges on database gis to gis_admin;
psql -h /hostname//> --username=gis_admin --password --dbname=/dbname//>
CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_raster;
CREATE EXTENSION fuzzystrmatch;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_tiger_geocoder;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;
CREATE EXTENSION address_standardizer_data_us;
=== Verify ===
SELECT n.nspname AS "Name",
pg_catalog.pg_get_userbyid(n.nspowner) AS "Owner"
FROM pg_catalog.pg_namespace n
WHERE n.nspname !~ '^pg_' AND n.nspname <> 'information_schema'
ORDER BY 1;
=== Transfer ownership ===
ALTER SCHEMA tiger OWNER TO gis_admin;
ALTER SCHEMA tiger_data OWNER TO gis_admin;
ALTER SCHEMA topology OWNER TO gis_admin;
CREATE FUNCTION exec(text) returns text language plpgsql volatile AS $f$ BEGIN EXECUTE $1; RETURN $1; END; $f$;
-- This alters the permissions
SELECT exec('ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(s.nspname) || '.' || quote_ident(s.relname) || ' OWNER TO gis_admin;')
FROM (
SELECT nspname, relname
FROM pg_class c JOIN pg_namespace n ON (c.relnamespace = n.oid)
WHERE nspname in ('tiger','topology') AND
relkind IN ('r','S','v') ORDER BY relkind = 'S')
s;
=== Testing out the installation ===
SET search_path=public,tiger;
-- Test it out again
-- Should return:
-- address | streetname | streettypeabbrev | zip
-- ---------+------------+------------------+-------
-- 1 | Devonshire | Pl | 02109
SELECT address, streetname, streettypeabbrev, zip
FROM normalize_address('1 Devonshire Place, Boston, MA 02109') AS na;
-- Should return 1
SELECT topology.createtopology('my_new_topo',26986,0.5);