Vector tiles with Django for developing GIS web applications

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• #Django

You are reading this article, so I assume you have faced problems loading vector layers in the web map. I will discuss visualizing the large shapefiles/geojson on web maps. So let's first dive into the concept of web mapping. Anyone working on webGIS will find this post beneficial.   OGC Standards (Ref) OGC standards are developed by members to make location information and services FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. They are used by software developers to build open interfaces and encodings into their products and services. Standards are the main "products" of OGC and have been developed by the membership to address specific interoperability challenges, such as publishing map content on the Web, exchanging critical location data during …

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Deploying Django Application on Ubuntu 20.04 Server with NGINX

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This blog post is intended for the demonstration of deploying django application in ubuntu 20.04 This guide is a walk-through on how to setup Ubuntu Server for hosting Django websites. The Django stack that will be used in this guide is Ubuntu, Nginx, and Gunicorn. This stack was chosen solely because from the reading I've done these seems to be one of the latest "standard" stacks for Django deployment. This guide also assumes that you're familiar with Ubuntu server administration and Django. Also of note, the sample code used for deploying demonstrated in the blog can be found here: Github link   Hosting django application might be painful for beginner but not anymore. I will go through each step for …

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