Re: Is GeoDjango Too Much For This?

On 02/23/2012 09:54 PM, kenneth gonsalves wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 17:13 -0800, DF wrote:
>> I've been reading a bit about GeoDjango and it sounds intriguing. A
>> colleague, though, suggested everything that can be done using
>> GeoDjango is equally efficient utilizing the Google Maps API with
>> JavaScript or JQuery to obtain the proper coordinates.
>
> if your activity is commercial, google will make you pay. Geodjango with
> OSM is free - and OSM is more accurate than google and the raw data is
> available. Also look at openlayers - that may fulfill your needs without
> geodjango.

The benefits beyond that include things like being able to query your
data for points within a bounding box, or create a buffer around a point
to select nearby points, or test if you're points intersect with other
features of interest.

Thanks,
Alex

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