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(bbox.geom) }}} ... more to come :P