First of all, you have to create a geo database. Postgis (a PostgreSQL extension) is the best choice.
After that, you have to define some geography fields and import your data, shape files (shp), etc. GeoDjango Tutorial provides all the steps to get it done. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/tutorial/ If you are not familiar with geo concepts, I recommend to take a look at http://geodjango.org/presentations/ Hope that helps you On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:30 PM, JJ Zolper <codinga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wait so does anyone know how to do this? > > I posted this a long time ago. > > How do I define a geography field? I need a geography column so I can > perform geographic queries on it and the documentation doesn't give me > a definitive way on how to do it. > > Would it be like: > > city = models.CharField(max_length=**50, GeometryField.geography = true) > > ??? > > > On Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:22:32 PM UTC-4, JJ Zolper wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> So I've decided for my GeoDjango application I want WGS84 along with a >> geography database column, rather than geometry. >> >> I was reading here: >> >> https://docs.djangoproject.**com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/gis/** >> model-api/#geography<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/gis/model-api/#geography> >> >> GeometryField.geography<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/gis/model-api/#django.contrib.gis.db.models.GeometryField.geography> >> >> If set to True, this option will create a database column of type >> geography, rather than geometry. Please refer to the geography >> type<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/gis/model-api/#geography-type> >> section >> below for more details. >> >> >> that to set up a new column as geography I had to >> set GeometryField.geography = True. >> >> I am unsure of the syntax of how to do this? There was no example given. >> Or where to properly place this line? >> >> Here is the model.py file I am working on. If you could tell me where to >> fit this in that would be great? >> >> >> from django.contrib.gis.db import models >> >> class Artist(models.Model): >> name = models.CharField(max_length=**30) >> genre = models.CharField(max_length=**30) >> city = models.CharField(max_length=**60) >> state = models.CharField(max_length=**30) >> country = models.CharField(max_length=**50) >> website = models.URLField() >> objects = models.GeoManager() >> >> def __unicode__(self): >> return self.name >> >> >> >> Thanks so much, >> >> JJ >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/tWBJBDuXZzYJ. > 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. > -- Christiano Anderson | http://christiano.me/ http://twitter.com/dump -- 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.
