This repository provides simple scripts to set up a PostGIS database with administrative features (federal states, administrative regions, districts etc.) of Germany.
Provided scripts assume a locally installed PostGIS database with a postgres superuser.
Provided scripts do the following:
- Create the database named
VGand enable thepostgisextension on it. - Download shape files of administrative areas to
data/vg-shape-files. - Import the downloaded shape files into the
VGdatabase
The scripts import all of the layers:
- VG250_STA - Staat, the country
- VG250_LAN - Länder, federal states
- VG250_RBZ - Regierungsbezirke, administrative regions
- VG250_KRS - Kreise, districts
- VG250_VWG - Verwaltungsgemeinschaften, association of administrations
- VG250_GEM - Gemeinden, munucipalities
- VG250_LI - all of the border lines
- VG250_PK - center points of municipalities
This project also provides a pre-configured QGIS project which includes layers from shape files as well as from the database. Please open it only after you've executed the scripts - that is, downloaded and extracted the shape files and imported them into the PostGIS database.
00-create-postgis-vg-database.bat
01-get-vg-shape-files.bat
02-import-vg-shape-files.bat
Scripts are licensed under BSD 2-clause license.
The data is downloaded from the State Department of Cartography and Geodesy and is subject to the following Usage Regulations.