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23873	Trying to import GIS without GEOS installed leads to obscure error message	Carl Meyer	nobody	"The error message is ""cannot import name GEOSException.""

Given that we already calculate a `HAS_GEOS` variable, it would not be hard to issue a clearer message.

Here is an example of a new user being led quite a ways down a rabbit-hole by the confusing message: https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/django-users/W3IBOBTQMyU/3F8xBVMAwsYJ"	Cleanup/optimization	closed	GIS	1.7	Normal	fixed			Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0