The [[http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/branches/gis gis] branch intends add a contrib app implementing geographic support.

= Alternatives =

== Custom Manager ==
 A custom manager (and queryset) to support lookups like:

{{{
Schools.objects.filter(geom__overlaps=bbox.geom)   # &&

Schools.objects.filter(geom__contains=bbox.geom)  # ~

Schools.objects.filter(geom__sameas=bbox.geom)  # ~=

Schools.objects.filter(geom__inside=bbox.geom)  # @
}}}

== Field Types ==
Field type for a geometry


== GIS wrapper =
wrapper for geos, have the ability to do something like
from django.contrib.gis import area

area(foo)


 ... more to come :P