The document discusses using GeoDjango and HTML5 for geolocation applications. It begins with an introduction of the speaker and overview of topics to be covered, including HTML5 geolocation, GeoDjango, geographic information system (GIS) data formats, the GeoDjango API, and integrating GeoDjango with Google Maps and OpenStreetMaps. The document then covers specifics of each topic, such as HTML5 geolocation APIs, installing and configuring GeoDjango, spatial databases, GIS data problems and formats, the GeoDjango model, template, and view layers, GeoQuerySet APIs, and examples of integrating GeoDjango with Google Maps, OpenLayers, and recording geolocation data.

1. GeoDjango e HTML5
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2. Who am I?
• Delphi developer for 11 years
• Now freelance and Web developer
• Javascript addicted
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3. Agenda
• HTML 5 geolocalization: the new parts
• About GeoDjango
• GIS data format troubles
• GeoDjango api's
• GeoDjango and Google Maps /
OpenStreetMaps
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4. Once upon a time
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5. HTML 5 and Geolocation
• Supported by IE 9,
Firefox, Safari, Chrome
• All the smartphone has a
GPS or a Wifi network
card
• Location based services
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6. HTML 5 Geolocation api's (1/3)
Example of requesting a potentially cached position.
// Request a position. We accept positions whose age is not greater than 10 minutes. If the user
// agent does not have a fresh enough cached position object, it will automatically
// acquire a new one.
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(successCallback,
errorCallback,
{maximumAge:600000});
function successCallback(position) {
// By using the 'maximumAge' option above, the position object is guaranteed to be at most 10
// minutes old.
}
function errorCallback(error) {
// Update a div element with error.message.
}
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7. HTML 5 Geolocation api's (2/3)
function getLocationUpdate(){
if(navigator.geolocation){
// timeout 60 seconds
var options = {timeout:60000};
watchID = navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(showLocation,
errorHandler,
options);
}else{
alert("Sorry, browser does not support geolocation!");
}
}
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8. HTML 5 Geolocation api's (3/3)
interface Position { interface Coordinates {
readonly attribute Coordinates coords; readonly attribute double latitude;
readonly attribute DOMTimeStamp readonly attribute double longitude;
timestamp; readonly attribute double altitude;
}; readonly attribute double accuracy;
readonly attribute double altitudeAccuracy;
readonly attribute double heading;
readonly attribute double speed;
};
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9. GeoDjango
GeoDjango intends to be a
world-class geographic
Web framework.
Its goal is to make it as easy
as possible to build GIS
Web applications and
harness the power of
spatially enabled data.
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10. Install GeoDjango
• django.contrib.gis
• Spatial database
• Geospatial libraries
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11. Spatial database
Database Library Supported Versions Notes
Requirements
PostgreSQL GEOS, PROJ.4, 8.1+ Requires PostGIS
PostGIS
MySQL GEOS 5.x limited functionality
Oracle GEOS 10.2, 11 XE not supported
SQLite GEOS, GDAL, 3.6.+ Requires SpatiaLite
PROJ.4, SpatiaLite 2.3+, pysqlite2 2.5+,
and Django 1.1.
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12. Geospatial libraries
Program Description Required Supported Versions
GEOS Geometry Engine Yes 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.0
Open Source
PROJ.4 Cartographic Yes (PostgreSQL and 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4
Projections library SQLite only)
GDAL Geospatial Data No (but, required for 1.8, 1.7, 1.6, 1.5, 1.4
Abstraction Library SQLite)
GeoIP IP-based geolocation No 1.4
library
PostGIS Spatial extensions for Yes (PostgreSQL 1.5, 1.4, 1.3
PostgreSQL only)
SpatiaLite Spatial extensions for Yes (SQLite only) 3.0, 2.4, 2.3
SQLite
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13. GIS problems
• The Earth is not like
a ball!
• How to store data
efficiently
– Different vendor
implementation
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14. GIS data formats
• Lots of GIS file formats:
– Raster formats: DRG, GeoTIFF, ..
– Vector formats: DXF, GeoJSON, KML, GML
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS_file_formats
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15. ABC GeoDjango
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16. GeoDjango Model layer
A model is the single, definitive source of data
about your data.
It contains the essential fields and behaviors of
the data you’re storing. Generally, each model
maps to a single database table.
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17. GeoDjango Template layer
Django’s template language is designed to strike
a balance between power and ease.
The Django template system provides tags which
function similarly to some programming
constructs – an if tag for boolean tests, a for
tag for looping, etc. – but these are not simply
executed as the corresponding Python code
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18. GeoDjango View layer
A view function, or view for short, is simply a
Python function that takes a Web request and
returns a Web response. This response can be
the HTML contents of a Web page, or a
redirect, or a 404 error
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19. GeoDjango Model API
Field type Field options
class GeometryField srid
class PointField spatial_index
class LineStringField dim
class PolygonField geography
class MultiPointField geography Type
class MultiLineStringField
class MultiPolygonField
GeometryCollectionField
class GeometryCollectionField
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20. GeoQuerySet API
• Measurement: distance,area, length, perimeter
• Relationship: centroid, envelop, point_on_surface
• Editor: force_rhr, reverse_geom, scale, snap_to_grid,
transform(srid), translate
• Opertion: difference, intersection, sym_difference, union
• Output: geohash, geojson, gml, kml, svg
• Miscellaneous: mem_size, num_geom, num_points
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21. GeoQuerySet API
• Measurement: distance,area, length, perimeter
GeoQuerySet.distance(geom, **kwargs)
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22. GeoQuerySet API
• Relationship: centroid, envelop, point_on_surface
GeoQuerySet.envelope(**kwargs)
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23. GeoQuerySet API
• Editor: force_rhr, reverse_geom, scale, snap_to_grid,
transform(srid), translate
GeoQuerySet.transform(srid=4326, **kwargs)
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24. GeoQuerySet API
• Opertion: difference, intersection, sym_difference, union
GeoQuerySet.intersection(geom)
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25. GeoQuerySet API
• Output: geohash, geojson, gml, kml, svg
GeoQuerySet.svg(**kwargs)
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26. Google Maps license
http://www.google.com/intl/it_it/help/terms_maps.html
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27. OpenstreetMap recent licensing changes
http://blog.openstreetmap.it/2012/04/01/cambio-licenza/
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28. GeoDjango & Google Maps
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29. GeoDjango & Google Maps: recipe
• Web server
• Python and GeoDjango
• PostgreSQL (postgresql-9.1-postgis)
• libgeos
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30. Step 1 : create db and a new django project
• createdb -U postgres -T template_postgis -O geouser
geodatabase
• python manage.py syncdb
• django-admin.py startproject geodjangomaps
• Changes affect settings.py
DATABASES = { 'default': {
'ENGINE' : 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis',
'NAME': 'geodatabase',
'USER': 'geouser',
'PASSWORD': 'geopassword',
}}
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31. Step 2 : Geospatial information
• Edit model.py in order to setup the spatial
reference system
• Google Maps api use srid = 4126
name = models.CharField(max_length=32)
geometry = models.PointField(srid=4326)
objects = models.GeoManager()
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32. Step 3 : HTML page
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=abcdefg" type="text/javascript"></
script>
</head>
<body onload="load()" onunload="GUnload()">
<span style=" font-family:Verdana; background-color:#95877f; cursor:default;"
onclick="get_location();">Find me!</span>
<div id="map" style="width: 400px; height: 400px"></div></body>
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33. Get Current position
<script language="javascript">
var lat=50;
var lon=-110;
function load() {
if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(lat, lon), 13);} }
function map(position) {
lat = position.coords.latitude;
lon = position.coords.longitude;
load(); }
function get_location() { navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(map);}
</script>
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34. Record Location
class RecordLocation(webapp.RequestHandler):
def post(self):
session=SessionManager(self)
if session.is_set():
marker=Markers(lat=self.request.get('lat'),lon=self.request.get('lon'),user_id=self.request.get('u
ser'))
marker.put()
self.response.out.write('<html><body>')
self.response.out.write(" Location Updated<br/>")
self.response.out.write('</body></html>')
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35. Generate Marker
class GenerateMarkers(webapp.RequestHandler):
def get(self):
session=SessionManager(self)
if session.is_set():
markers=db.GqlQuery("SELECT * FROM Markers")
doc='<?xml version="1.0"?>'
doc+='<markers>'
for marker in markers:
doc+='<marker '
doc+='lat="'+marker.lat+'" '
doc+='lon="'+marker.lon+'" '
doc+='type="restaurant" '
doc+='/>'
doc+='</markers>'
self.response.out.write(doc)
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36. Openlayer
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://openlayers.org/api/OpenLayers.js"></script>
<script> var points = []; </script>
<ul>
{% for point in interesting_points %}
<li>{{ point.name }} -- {{point.interestingness}}</li>
<script>points.push({{point.geometry.geojson|safe}});</script>
{% endfor %}
</ul> </scrpit>
</head>
<body onload="init()">
Intersting Points.<br />
<div id="map"></div>
</body></html>
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37. Openlayer js script
<script type="text/javascript">
var map, base_layer, kml;
function init(){
map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');
base_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS",
"http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0", {layers: 'basic'} );
var vectorLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Simple Geometry");
var point = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(-100.01, 55.78);
var pointFeature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(point,null,null);
map.addLayer(vectorLayer);
map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(point.x, point.y), 5);
vectorLayer.addFeatures([pointFeature]);
}
</script>
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38. Openlayer django script
vectors = OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Simple Geometry");
for (var i = 0; i < points.length; i++) {
point = format.read(points[i])[0];
point.attributes = {'type':'point'};
vectors.addFeatures(point);
}
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39. References
• http://www.geodjango.com
• http://invisibleroads.com/tutorials/geodjango-googlemaps-build.html
• http://code.google.com/p/geodjango-basic-apps/wiki/FOSS4GWorkshop
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40. Questions?
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41. Thank you
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