Getting and loading rasters
In this recipe, we load most of the rasters used in this chapter. These rasters are examples of satellite imagery and model-generated surfaces, two of the most common raster sources.
Getting ready
If you have not done so already, create a directory and copy the chapter's datasets.
> mkdir C:\postgis_cookbook\data\chap05 > cp -r /path/to/book_dataset/chap05 C:\postgis_cookbook\data\chap05
You should also create a new schema for this chapter in the database.
> psql -d postgis_cookbook -c "CREATE SCHEMA chap5"
How to do it...
We will start with the PRISM average monthly minimum-temperature raster dataset for 2012 with coverage for the Continental United States. The raster is provided by the PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University, with additional rasters available at http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/mtd/.
On the command line, navigate to the PRISM directory as follows:
> cd C:\postgis_cookbook\data\chap05\PRISM
Let us spot-check one of the PRISM rasters...
