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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): Raphaël Hertzog
  • Date: 2014-09-17 14:15:11 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.3.17) (6.2.18 experimental)
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20140917141511-icneokthe9ww5sk4
Tags: 1.7-2
* Release to unstable.
* Add a migrate-south sample script to help users apply their South
  migrations. Thanks to Brian May.

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.. module:: django.contrib.gis.gdal
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   :synopsis: GeoDjango's high-level interface to the GDAL library.
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`GDAL`__ stands for **G**\ eospatial **D**\ ata **A**\ bstraction **L**\ ibrary,
 
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`GDAL`__ stands for **Geospatial Data Abstraction Library**,
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and is a veritable "swiss army knife" of GIS data functionality.  A subset
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of GDAL is the `OGR`__ Simple Features Library, which specializes
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in reading and writing vector geographic data in a variety of standard
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       >>> from django.contrib.gis.gdal import DataSource
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       >>> ds = DataSource(CITIES_PATH)
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       >>> ds.name                         # The exact filename may be different on your computer
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       '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/gis/tests/data/cities/cities.shp'
 
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       '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/gis/tests/data/cities/cities.shp'
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       >>> ds.layer_count                  # This file only contains one layer
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       1
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   and will automatically determines whether to return the linear
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   or angular units.
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   .. attribute:: ellisoid
 
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   .. attribute:: ellipsoid
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   Returns a tuple of the ellipsoid parameters for this spatial
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   reference: (semimajor axis, semiminor axis, and inverse flattening)