Getting Started

[ggburton]

Given that the core functionality of this project is to show a map of the world with our locations on it, can I propose we use a framework that will get us a long way to where we want to go.

Django with the built in GeoDjango module looks like it would be a good fit for what we are trying to achieve? It also has a good tutorial to get us started?

What do you think?

[benuklove]

Never used GeoDjango but I'm getting more familiar with Django. I might be able to help out a bit.

[agerbes]

Before I start a coding journey I read a lot about the different possibilities.

I found the following links very interesting:
Geographic Data with Basemap
Folium
World Maps with pygal
pygal@github

A few years ago I worked with Django, but I never used GeoDjango.

At our PythonistaCafe I came across the following post about how to put data on a map

[ggburton]

After spending some time investigating GeoDjango I think it might be overkill for what we are trying to do. It has some heavy dependancies that might make contributing hard for our fellow pythonistas. And I assume we do want to encourage as many to participate as possible.

@us-army I'll look over the gis stuff at the cafe and see if there is a minimalist approch we can take to get as many people onboard as possible.