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[3.2.x] Corrected outputs and made cosmetic edits in GeoDjango tutorial.
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felixxm committed Sep 17, 2021
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DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis',
'NAME': 'geodjango',
'USER': 'geo',
'ENGINE': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis',
'NAME': 'geodjango',
'USER': 'geo',
},
}

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-- Create model WorldBorder
--
CREATE TABLE "world_worldborder" (
"id" serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
"id" bigserial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
"name" varchar(50) NOT NULL,
"area" integer NOT NULL,
"pop2005" integer NOT NULL,
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"mpoly" geometry(MULTIPOLYGON,4326) NOT NULL
)
;
CREATE INDEX "world_worldborder_mpoly_id" ON "world_worldborder" USING GIST ( "mpoly" );
CREATE INDEX "world_worldborder_mpoly_id" ON "world_worldborder" USING GIST ("mpoly");
COMMIT;

If this looks correct, run :djadmin:`migrate` to create this table in the
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>>> srs = lyr.srs
>>> print(srs)
GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",
DATUM["WGS_1984",
SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]
GEOGCS["WGS 84",
DATUM["WGS_1984",
SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],
UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],
AXIS["Latitude",NORTH],
AXIS["Longitude",EAST],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]
>>> srs.proj # PROJ representation
'+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs '
'+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs'

This shapefile is in the popular WGS84 spatial reference
system -- in other words, the data uses longitude, latitude pairs in
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string) associated with each of the fields:

>>> [fld.__name__ for fld in lyr.field_types]
['OFTString', 'OFTString', 'OFTString', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTString', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTReal', 'OFTReal']
['OFTString', 'OFTString', 'OFTString', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTString', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTInteger64', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTInteger', 'OFTReal', 'OFTReal']

You can iterate over each feature in the layer and extract information from both
the feature's geometry (accessed via the ``geom`` attribute) as well as the
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>>> print(geom.json)
{ "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ 12.415798, 43.957954 ], [ 12.450554, 43.979721 ], ...


``LayerMapping``
----------------

To import the data, use a LayerMapping in a Python script.
To import the data, use a ``LayerMapping`` in a Python script.
Create a file called ``load.py`` inside the ``world`` application,
with the following code::

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several other operations (intersection, difference, etc.). See the
:doc:`functions` documentation.


Putting your data on the map
============================

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