1 .. _ref-gis-utils:

     2 

     3 ===================

     4 GeoDjango Utilities

     5 ===================

     6 

     7 .. module:: django.contrib.gis.utils

     8    :synopsis: GeoDjango's collection of utilities.

     9 

    10 The :mod:`django.contrib.gis.utils` module contains various utilities that are

    11 useful in creating geospatial Web applications.

    12 

    13 .. toctree::

    14    :maxdepth: 2

    15 

    16    geoip

    17    layermapping

    18    ogrinspect

    19 

    20 GeoIP

    21 =====

    22 

    23 Interface to the MaxMind GeoIP library for performing IP-based geolocation

    24 from GeoDjango.  See :ref:`GeoIP reference <ref-geoip>` documentation for

    25 more information.

    26 

    27 LayerMapping

    28 ============

    29 

    30 The :class:`~django.contrib.gis.utils.LayerMapping` simplifies the process

    31 of importing spatial data and attributes into your GeoDjango models.

    32