PostGIS Essentials

Hands-on with QGIS

Now that we know the basis of QGIS, we can start to use it to see the data that is stored in our data tables. First, we will take a look inside the tbl_landmarks table; to do this, we will have to perform the following steps:

1. In the Layers menu, select Add PostGIS Layers:
   
2. Now, you can see a window where you will have to specify the necessary data in order to establish a connection with your PostGIS server:
   
3. Click on the New button to create a new connection, and you will see the following window:
4. Fill it with the appropriate data; you ...