# Data loading The scripts in this directory are used to extract, transform and load (ETL) the core datasets for Colouring London: 1. Building geometries, sourced from Ordnance Survey MasterMap (Topography Layer) 1. Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs), sourced from Ordnance Survey AddressBase ## Prerequisites Install PostgreSQL and create a database for colouringlondon, with a database user that can connect to it. The [PostgreSQL documentation](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/tutorial-start.html) covers installation and getting started. Install the [PostGIS extension](https://postgis.net/). Connect to the colouringlondon database and add the PostGIS, pgcrypto and pg_trgm extensions: ```sql create extension postgis; create extension pgcrypto; create extension pg_trgm; ``` Create the core database tables: ```bash psql < ../migrations/001.core.up.sql ``` There is some performance benefit to creating indexes after bulk loading data. Otherwise, it's fine to run all the migrations at this point and skip the index creation steps below. Install GNU parallel, this is used to speed up loading bulk data. ## Process and load Ordance Survey data Before running any of these scripts, you will need the OS data for your area of interest. AddressBase and MasterMap are available directly from [Ordnance Survey](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/). The alternative setup below uses OpenStreetMap. The scripts should be run in the following order: ```bash # extract both datasets extract_addressbase.sh ./addressbase_dir extract_mastermap.sh ./mastermap_dir # filter mastermap ('building' polygons and any others referenced by addressbase) filter_transform_mastermap_for_loading.sh ./addressbase_dir ./mastermap_dir # load all building outlines load_geometries.sh ./mastermap_dir # index geometries (should be faster after loading) psql < ../migrations/002.index-geometries.sql # create a building record per outline create_building_records.sh # add UPRNs where they match load_uprns.py ./addressbase_dir # index building records psql < ../migrations/003.index-buildings.sql ``` ## Alternative, using OpenStreetMap This uses the [osmnx](https://github.com/gboeing/osmnx) python package to get OpenStreetMap data. You will need python and osmnx to run `get_test_polygons.py`. To help test the Colouring London application, `get_test_polygons.py` will attempt to save a small (1.5kmĀ²) extract from OpenStreetMap to a format suitable for loading to the database. In this case, run: ```bash # download test data python get_test_polygons.py # load all building outlines ./load_geometries.sh ./ # index geometries (should be faster after loading) psql < ../migrations/002.index-geometries.up.sql # create a building record per outline ./create_building_records.sh # index building records psql < ../migrations/003.index-buildings.up.sql ``` ## Finally Run the remaining migrations in `../migrations` to create the rest of the database structure.