PostGIS – Shapefile Loader

By David Crowther 

Question:
I have installed PGAdmin 4 and I can’t find the Shapefile Loader tool, how can I access it?

Answer:
When previously using PGAdmin 3, the Shapefile Loader tool was available as an icon on the tool bar:

To access the Shapefile Loader when using PGAdmin 4, you can simply open the Shapefile Loader application from its source location. Navigate to where you have installed your PostgreSQL DB:

And then within the Postgisgui folder open the shp2pgsql-gui.exe

The PostGIS Shapefile Loader will now open.