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Geoloader is a simple little gem that automates the process of loading geospatial catalog holdings (for now, GeoTIFFs and Shapfiles) into the software stack used to power the spatial search interface at the University of Virginia Library - PostGIS, Geoserver, and Geonetwork.

First, provide connection parameters in a YAML configuration file (see .geoloader.example):

postgis:
  host:       "localhost"
  port:       "5432"
  username:   "admin"
  password:   "admin"

geoserver:
  url:        "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest"
  username:   "admin"
  password:   "geoserver"
  workspace:  "geoloader"
  srs:        "EPSG:900913"

geonetwork:
  url:        "http://localhost:8080/geonetwork/srv/en"
  username:   "admin"
  password:   "admin"
  group:      "2"

Then, use Geoloader programmatically in code:

require 'geoloader'

# Point Geoloader at a configuration file.
Geoloader.config_from_yaml("/path/to/config.yaml")

# Load a GeoTIFF.
load_tiff = Geoloader::GeotiffLoader.new("/path/to/file.tif")
loader.work

# Load a Shapefile.
load_shp = Geoloader::ShapefileLoader.new("/path/to/file.shp")
loader.work

Or as a command line utility, with global YAML settings in ~/.geoloader:

geoloader load /var/spatial/nyc.tif

geoloader load /var/spatial/nyc.shp