postgis_template

postgis_template.sh

#!/bin/bash
# run with path to postgis share dir
# e.g. ./postgis_template.sh /usr/local/Cellar/postgis/2.0.1/share/postgis

POSTGIS_TEMPLATE_PATH=$1;

# Creating the template spatial database
createdb -E UTF8 -T template0 template_postgis

# Loading the PostGIS SQL routines.
psql -d template_postgis -f $POSTGIS_TEMPLATE_PATH/postgis.sql
psql -d template_postgis -f $POSTGIS_TEMPLATE_PATH/spatial_ref_sys.sql

# Enabling users to alter spatial tables.
psql -d template_postgis -c "GRANT ALL ON geometry_columns TO PUBLIC;"
psql -d template_postgis -c "GRANT ALL ON geography_columns TO PUBLIC;"
psql -d template_postgis -c "GRANT ALL ON spatial_ref_sys TO PUBLIC;"

# Garbage-collect and freeze.
psql -d template_postgis -c "VACUUM FULL;"
psql -d template_postgis -c "VACUUM FREEZE;"

# Allows non-superusers the ability to create from this template.
psql -d postgres -c "UPDATE pg_database SET datistemplate='true' WHERE datname='template_postgis';"
psql -d postgres -c "UPDATE pg_database SET datallowconn='false' WHERE datname='template_postgis';"