Re: GeoDjango question about US zipcode lookup and spatial query

2008-12-01 Thread Justin Bronn
> Thanks Justin, I was using MySQL and it looks like I do need Postgres to get > the best gis support. > Do people normally switch their DB backend entirely or do they start a new > project for geo stuff and connect the main site to this as a separate > backend? I can see the pros and cons of

Re: GeoDjango question about US zipcode lookup and spatial query

2008-11-30 Thread Aaron Lee
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Justin Bronn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I do have a few basic questions > > - on slide 37, there's a Zipcode model, how does one populate this model? > > Are we using fe_2007_us_zcta500.shp? If so, is there a program which > > converts the zipcode shape

Re: GeoDjango question about US zipcode lookup and spatial query

2008-11-29 Thread Justin Bronn
> I do have a few basic questions > - on slide 37, there's a Zipcode model, how does one populate this model? > Are we using fe_2007_us_zcta500.shp? If so, is there a program which > converts the zipcode shape from the shape file? Yes, you use that shapefile. The script that loads the data is

GeoDjango question about US zipcode lookup and spatial query

2008-11-28 Thread Aaron Lee
Hi all, I am checking out GeoDjango and going through the installation and presentation. I esp. like this one which is very well done http://geodjango.org/presentations/GeoDjango%20-%20A%20world-class%20Geographic%20Web%20Framework%20(DjangoCon%20-%20Sept.%206,%202008).pdf I do have a few basic