Script to import Geonames into PostgreSQL taken from http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/15/926.page

getgeo.sh

#!/bin/bash
#===============================================================================
#
# FILE: getgeo.sh
#
# USAGE: ./getgeo.sh
#
# DESCRIPTION: run the script so that the geodata will be downloaded and inserted into your
# database
#
# OPTIONS: ---
# REQUIREMENTS: ---
# BUGS: ---
# NOTES: ---
# AUTHOR: Andreas (aka Harpagophyt )
# COMPANY: <a href="http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/926.page" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/926.page</a>
# VERSION: 1.3
# CREATED: 07/06/2008
# REVISION: 1.1 2008-06-07 replace COPY continentCodes through INSERT statements.
# 1.2 2008-11-25 Adjusted by Bastiaan Wakkie in order to not unnessisarily
# download.
# 1.3 2011-08-07 Updated script with tree changes. Removes 2 obsolete records from "countryinfo" dump image,
#                updated timeZones table with raw_offset and updated postalcode to varchar(20).
# 1.4 2012-10-01 (Scott Wilson) Added is_historical and is_colloquial to alternate names table, and country
#                code to time zones.  Add column constraints after loading data, runs super fast on my machine.
#                Normalized column naming, various other tweaks.
#===============================================================================
#!/bin/bash

WORKPATH="/tmp/geonames.work"
TMPPATH="tmp"
PCPATH="pc"
PREFIX="_"
DBHOST="127.0.0.1"
DBPORT="5432"
DBUSER="postgres"
FILES="allCountries.zip alternateNames.zip userTags.zip admin1CodesASCII.txt admin2Codes.txt countryInfo.txt featureCodes_en.txt iso-languagecodes.txt timeZones.txt"

psql -U $DBUSER -h $DBHOST -p $DBPORT -c "CREATE DATABASE geonames WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = 'UTF8';"
psql -U $DBUSER -h $DBHOST -p $DBPORT geonames <<EOT

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS geoname CASCADE;
CREATE TABLE geoname (
    id              INT,
    name            VARCHAR,
    ascii_name      VARCHAR,
    alternate_names VARCHAR,
    latitude        FLOAT,
    longitude       FLOAT,
    fclass          CHAR(1),
    fcode           CHAR(10),
    country         CHAR(2),
    cc2             VARCHAR,
    admin1          VARCHAR,
    admin2          VARCHAR,
    admin3          VARCHAR,
    admin4          VARCHAR,
    population      BIGINT,
    elevation       INT,
    gtopo30         INT,
    timezone        VARCHAR,
    modified_date   DATE
);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS alternatename;
CREATE TABLE alternatename (
    id                INT,
    geoname_id        INT,
    iso_lang          VARCHAR,
    alternate_name    VARCHAR,
    is_preferred_name BOOLEAN,
    is_short_name     BOOLEAN,
    is_colloquial     BOOLEAN,
    is_historic       BOOLEAN
);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS countryinfo;
CREATE TABLE "countryinfo" (
    iso_alpha2           CHAR(2),
    iso_alpha3           CHAR(3),
    iso_numeric          INTEGER,
    fips_code            VARCHAR(3),
    country              VARCHAR,
    capital              VARCHAR,
    area                 DOUBLE PRECISION, -- square km
    population           INTEGER,
    continent            CHAR(2),
    tld                  VARCHAR,
    currency_code        CHAR(3),
    currency_name        VARCHAR,
    phone                VARCHAR,
    postal               VARCHAR,
    postal_regex         VARCHAR,
    languages            VARCHAR,
    geoname_id           INT,
    neighbours           VARCHAR,
    equivalent_fips_code VARCHAR(3)
);



DROP TABLE IF EXISTS iso_languagecodes;
CREATE TABLE iso_languagecodes(
    iso_639_3     CHAR(4),
    iso_639_2     VARCHAR(50),
    iso_639_1     VARCHAR(50),
    language_name VARCHAR
);


DROP TABLE IF EXISTS admin1CodesAscii;
CREATE TABLE admin1CodesAscii (
    code       CHAR(20),
    name       TEXT,
    name_ascii  TEXT,
    geoname_id INT
);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS admin2CodesAscii;
CREATE TABLE admin2CodesAscii (
    code      CHAR(80),
    name      TEXT,
    name_ascii TEXT,
    geoname_id INT
);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS featureCodes;
CREATE TABLE featureCodes (
    code        CHAR(7),
    name        VARCHAR,
    description TEXT
);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS timeZones;
CREATE TABLE timeZones (
    id           VARCHAR,
    country_code VARCHAR(2),
    GMT_offset NUMERIC(3,1),
    DST_offset NUMERIC(3,1),
    raw_offset NUMERIC(3,1)
);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS continentCodes;
CREATE TABLE continentCodes (
    code       CHAR(2),
    name       VARCHAR,
    geoname_id INT
);

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS postalcodes;
CREATE TABLE postalcodes (
    country_code CHAR(2),
    postal_code  VARCHAR,
    place_name   VARCHAR,
    admin1_name  VARCHAR,
    admin1_code  VARCHAR,
    admin2_name  VARCHAR,
    admin2_code  VARCHAR,
    admin3_name  VARCHAR,
    admin3_code  VARCHAR,
    latitude     FLOAT,
    longitude    FLOAT,
    accuracy     SMALLINT
);
EOT

# check if needed directories do already exsist
if [ -d "$WORKPATH" ]; then
    echo "$WORKPATH exists..."
    sleep 0
else
    echo "$WORKPATH and subdirectories will be created..."
    mkdir -p $WORKPATH/{$TMPPATH,$PCPATH}
    echo "created $WORKPATH"
fi

echo
echo ",---- STARTING (downloading, unpacking and preparing)"
cd $WORKPATH/$TMPPATH
for i in $FILES
do
    wget -N -q "http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/$i" # get newer files
    if [ $i -nt $PREFIX$i ] || [ ! -e $PREFIX$i ] ; then
        cp -p $i $PREFIX$i
        unzip -u -q $i

        case "$i" in
            iso-languagecodes.txt)
                tail -n +2 iso-languagecodes.txt > iso-languagecodes.txt.tmp;
                ;;
            countryInfo.txt)
                grep -v '^#' countryInfo.txt > countryInfo.txt.tmp;
                ;;
            timeZones.txt)
                tail -n +2 timeZones.txt > timeZones.txt.tmp;
                ;;
        esac
        echo "| $1 has been downloaded";
    else
        echo "| $i is already the latest version"
    fi
done

# download the postalcodes. You must know yourself the url
cd $WORKPATH/$PCPATH
wget -q -N "http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/allCountries.zip"

if [ $WORKPATH/$PCPATH/allCountries.zip -nt $WORKPATH/$PCPATH/allCountries$PREFIX.zip ] || [ ! -e $WORKPATH/$PCPATH/allCountries.zip ]; then
    echo "Attempt to unzip $WORKPATH/$PCPATH/allCountries.zip file..."
    unzip -u -q $WORKPATH/$PCPATH/allCountries.zip
    cp -p $WORKPATH/$PCPATH/allCountries.zip $WORKPATH/$PCPATH/allCountries$PREFIX.zip
    echo "| ....zip has been downloaded"
else
    echo "| ....zip is already the latest version"
fi

echo "+---- FILL DATABASE ------+"

psql -e -U $DBUSER -h $DBHOST -p $DBPORT geonames <<EOT
copy geoname (id,name,ascii_name,alternate_names,latitude,
              longitude,fclass,fcode,country,cc2,admin1,admin2,
              admin3,admin4,population,elevation,gtopo30,
              timezone,modified_date)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/allCountries.txt' null as '';

copy postalcodes (country_code,postal_code,place_name,
                  admin1_name,admin1_code,admin2_name,admin2_code,
                  admin3_name,admin3_code,latitude,longitude,accuracy)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${PCPATH}/allCountries.txt' null as '';

copy timeZones (country_code,id,GMT_offset,DST_offset,raw_offset)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/timeZones.txt.tmp' null as '';

copy featureCodes (code,name,description)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/featureCodes_en.txt' null as '';

copy admin1CodesAscii (code,name,name_ascii,geoname_id)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/admin1CodesASCII.txt' null as '';

copy admin2CodesAscii (code,name,name_ascii,geoname_id)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/admin2Codes.txt' null as '';

copy iso_languagecodes (iso_639_3,iso_639_2,iso_639_1,language_name)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/iso-languagecodes.txt.tmp' null as '';

copy countryInfo (iso_alpha2,iso_alpha3,iso_numeric,fips_code,country,
                  capital,area,population,continent,tld,currency_code,
                  currency_name,phone,postal,postal_regex,languages,
                  geoname_id,neighbours,equivalent_fips_code)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/countryInfo.txt.tmp' null as '';

copy alternatename (id,geoname_id,iso_lang,alternate_name,
                    is_preferred_name,is_short_name,
                    is_colloquial,is_historic)
    from '${WORKPATH}/${TMPPATH}/alternateNames.txt' null as '';

INSERT INTO continentCodes VALUES ('AF', 'Africa', 6255146);
INSERT INTO continentCodes VALUES ('AS', 'Asia', 6255147);
INSERT INTO continentCodes VALUES ('EU', 'Europe', 6255148);
INSERT INTO continentCodes VALUES ('NA', 'North America', 6255149);
INSERT INTO continentCodes VALUES ('OC', 'Oceania', 6255150);
INSERT INTO continentCodes VALUES ('SA', 'South America', 6255151);
INSERT INTO continentCodes VALUES ('AN', 'Antarctica', 6255152);
CREATE INDEX index_countryinfo_geonameid ON countryinfo (geoname_id);
CREATE INDEX index_alternatename_geonameid ON alternatename (geoname_id);
EOT

psql -U $DBUSER -h $DBHOST -p $DBPORT geonames <<EOT
ALTER TABLE ONLY alternatename
    ADD CONSTRAINT pk_alternatenameid PRIMARY KEY (id);
ALTER TABLE ONLY geoname
    ADD CONSTRAINT pk_geonameid PRIMARY KEY (id);
ALTER TABLE ONLY countryinfo
    ADD CONSTRAINT pk_iso_alpha2 PRIMARY KEY (iso_alpha2);
ALTER TABLE ONLY countryinfo
    ADD CONSTRAINT fk_geonameid FOREIGN KEY (geoname_id)
        REFERENCES geoname(id);
ALTER TABLE ONLY alternatename
    ADD CONSTRAINT fk_geonameid FOREIGN KEY (geoname_id)
        REFERENCES geoname(id);
EOT

echo "'----- DONE ( have fun... )"