load_tables.sh

# Set some variables
SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY = "" # absolute path of downloaded .zip files along with dataset.
UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY = "" # destination folder to unzip into .shp files
HOST_NAME = "" # postgres hostname
DB_NAME = "" # postgres database
PG_USER = "" # postgres user

# Unzip all the shapefiles
unzip $(SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY)/tl_2023_us_state -d $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/state
unzip $(SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY)/tl_2023_us_county -d $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/county
unzip $(SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY)/tl_2023_us_coastline -d $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/coastline
unzip $(SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY)/tl_2023_us_cbsa -d $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/cbsa
unzip $(SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY)/tl_2023_us_mil -d $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/mil
unzip $(SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY)/tl_2023_us_primaryroads -d $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/roads
unzip $(SHP_FILES_DIRECTORY)/tl_2023_us_rails -d $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/rails

# Load all these shapefiles into your postgres database with postgis extension enabled.
shp2pgsql -D -I -s 4269 $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/state/tl_2023_us_state.shp public.tl_2023_us_state | psql -d $DB_NAME -h $HOST_NAME -U $PG_USER 
shp2pgsql -D -I -s 4269 $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/county/tl_2023_us_county.shp public.tl_2023_us_county | psql -d $DB_NAME -h $HOST_NAME -U $PG_USER 
shp2pgsql -D -I -s 4269 $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/coastline/tl_2023_us_coastline.shp public.tl_2023_us_coastline | psql -d $DB_NAME -h $HOST_NAME -U $PG_USER 
shp2pgsql -D -I -s 4269 $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/cbsa/tl_2023_us_cbsa.shp public.tl_2023_us_cbsa | psql -d $DB_NAME -h $HOST_NAME -U $PG_USER 
shp2pgsql -D -I -s 4269 $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/mil/tl_2023_us_mil.shp public.tl_2023_us_mil | psql -d $DB_NAME -h $HOST_NAME -U $PG_USER 
shp2pgsql -D -I -s 4269 $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/roads/tl_2023_us_primaryroads.shp public.tl_2023_us_primaryroads | psql -d $DB_NAME -h $HOST_NAME -U $PG_USER 
shp2pgsql -D -I -s 4269 $(UNZIP_DEST_DIRECTORY)/rails/tl_2023_us_rails.shp public.tl_2023_us_rails | psql -d $DB_NAME -h $HOST_NAME -U $PG_USER