May Django Meetup

Talks:

Maps with Django - Paolo Melchiorre

A map in a website is the best way to make geographic data easily accessible to users because it represents, in a simple way, the information relating to a specific geographical area and is in fact used by many online services.

Implementing a web map can be complex and many adopt the strategy of using external services, but in most cases this strategy turns out to be a major data and cost management problem.

In this talk we'll see how to create a web map with the Python based web framework Django using its GeoDjango module, storing geographic data in your local database on which to run geospatial queries.

Through this intervention you can learn how to add a map on your website, starting from a simple map based on Spatialite/SQLite up to a more complex and interactive map based on PostGIS/PostgreSQL.

About Paolo: " I’m Paolo Melchiorre, a longtime Python backend developer who contributes to the Django project and gives talks at tech conferences. I’ve been a GNU/Linux user for over 20 years and I use and promote Free Software. I graduated in Software Engineering and I’m an alumnus of the University of Bologna, Italy. I’ve been working in the web for 15 years and now I’m the CTO of 20tab, a pythonic software company, for which I work remotely."

On Zoom
This meetup is on Zoom. The link is available before the event, if you've RSVP'd as attending.

Agenda
• 7:30 pm The stream opens, we set up and test audio for organizers and speakers.
• 7:45 pm Welcome and Introduction
• 8:00pm Talks
• ~9:00 pm We move to socializing on gather.town so everyone can chat in individual video conversations on topics they are interested in.

This meetup is sponsored by:

• Pollen (https://pollen.co): "Pollen is a marketplace for the best in shared experiences."

• JetBrains (https://www.jetbrains.com/): "We make professional software development a more productive and enjoyable experience."

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