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Adding shapefiles to PostGIS database

I was able to create a Postgresql database and then I executed, createlang plpgsql geospecies psql -d geospecies -f postgis.sql psql -d geospecies -f spatial_ref_sys.sql So now can I directly ...
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How to load OSM data into PostGIS preserving all Tags?

I am new to the field of GIS and am trying to view source tags in OSM. I have downloaded the shapefiles from http://downloads.cloudmade.com and have loaded them into Postgres. When I view the data, I ...
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How to load or query data directly to R from a PostGIS database using RPostgreSQL and rgdal [duplicate]

Is it possible to load/query a shapefile to R, which is stored in a postgres/postgis database? I've built up a connection to my postgres database via DBI, RPostgreSQL and I want to make some ...
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How to remove shapefile from PostGIS

I added a shapefile to the PostGIS using, ogr2ogr -f PostgreSQL PG:"host=server_ip user=username dbname=dbname password=password" yourshapefile.shp; Now I want to remove it. What is the command ...