Basic Specimen model + use of GeoDjango

website/specimens/admin.py

+from django.contrib import admin
+from specimens.models import Specimen
+
+class SpecimenAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    pass
+
+admin.site.register(Specimen, SpecimenAdmin)

website/specimens/apps.py

+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class SpecimensConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'specimens'

website/specimens/migrations/0001_initial.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.2 on 2017-06-08 12:26
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import django.contrib.gis.db.models.fields
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Specimen',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('location', django.contrib.gis.db.models.fields.PointField(srid=4326)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

website/specimens/models.py

+from django.contrib.gis.db import models
+
+class Specimen(models.Model):
+    location = models.PointField()

website/specimens/tests.py

+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.

website/specimens/views.py

+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.

website/website/settings.py

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'django.contrib.gis',
+    'specimens',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -66,18 +68,6 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'website.wsgi.application'
 
-
-# Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases
-
-DATABASES = {
-    'default': {
-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
-    }
-}
-
-
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 

website/website/settings_local.template.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'XXXX'
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases
 
-# Use PostgreSQL for this project
+# Use PostGIS for this project
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',