Thanks for all the feedback. It is tremendously insightful. Here are my qualms:
I'm a Django rookie, with basic Python knowledge. I'm using Django to work on my master's project, which is a specific web application that utilizes some form of geolocation, the latter of which is a mystery. I have a good skeleton thus far for basic functionality. It's taken a month, but I'm happy with what's been accomplished considering my knowledge (also using django-registration and django-profiles, which are terrific apps). GeoDjango though, to be honest, sounds frightening and extremely advanced. I've been reviewing the installation requirements and, at least according to how these were written, is intense and ripe for many errors. Part of the qualms I'm having is I've been developing on the internal sqlite3 database. According to most of the documentation, Postgres with GIS is recommended. This is concerning. Essentially, I want to be able to have the application immediately detect a users longitude and latitude and have all the content they contribute be identified with those coordinates. I'd like a map illustrating their location to appear with each content post. Finally, I want to provide users the ability to search for nearby posts or within a certain boundary (from the documentation I've read, this is what GeoDjango apparently excels at). Perhaps this is isn't a monumental task and I'm letting my mind get the best of me, as it often does. But it sounds quite intimidating. I appreciate any feedback, realistic expectations and advice. And I also appreciate the tolerance of experienced and skilled programmers at addressing annoying novice questions like mine. I've learned that asking questions is one of the keys to learning. Many thanks. DF On Feb 25, 5:07 pm, Ethan Jucovy <ethan.juc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whoops, quick correction: > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Ethan Jucovy <ethan.juc...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > * You'll want to add a line ``objects = GeoManager`` on each model that > > you will want to perform geospatial queries against. > > That should be ``objects = GeoManager()`` (imported from > django.contrib.gis.db.models). > > And, I meant to link to the docs on > that:https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/model-api/#geom... > > -Ethan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
