PostGIS page

The PostGIS page is used to define a connection to a PostGIS database.

Field Description
Host server hosting PostGIS service
Port port number of PostGIS service
Username for database authentication
Password for database authentication
Database list of available databases
Schema schema of tables to connect to

Press Next to connect to the database. If you are adding data directly to a map you will proceed to the Resource Selection page page.

Advanced Options

You can enabled the advanced options if you wish to experiment with a few
configuration options effecting performance.

Advanced Used to toggle on advanced options
Use WKB on for binary communication; false for text communication
Use Loose BBox on for fast bounding box queries that may return more information

PostGIS

Add Data wizard
Resource Selection page

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