Can I use django.contrib.gis on GAE?

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Can I use GeoDjango with GAE / BigTable?

What makes you think you might not be able to? Have you tried it and encountered errors? If so, what errors? Have you heard reports of errors? If so, what errors? — Jason Hall, May 05 '10 at 16:17

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '10 at 17:28

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Another limitation is that the GEOS and GDAL libs aren't available on App Engine.

answered May 05 '10 at 17:28

sgillies

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '10 at 16:53

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No. You can't use Django models on App Engine, and therefore, can't use anything else that uses them, such as django.contrib.gis.

answered May 05 '10 at 16:53

Nick Johnson

Thanks, more on this can be found here: http://www.allbuttonspressed.com/projects/djangoappengine – skrat May 06 '10 at 12:03
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OBSOLETE!! 1) Django is now supported with `cloud SQL` see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1934914/why-use-django-on-google-app-engine/28627569#28627569 and 2) there is option to get geo support: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11268661/953553 – andilabs Feb 20 '15 at 11:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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You might be interested in geohash: read a previous answer of mine.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

Community

answered May 06 '10 at 19:18

Emilien

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