Fixed #25205 -- Removed doc references to deprecated GeoManager class.

docs/ref/contrib/gis/db-api.txt

@@ -226,18 +226,17 @@ in southern Texas::
         # A projected coordinate system (only valid for South Texas!)
         # is used, units are in meters.
         point = models.PointField(srid=32140)
-        objects = models.GeoManager()
 
 Then distance queries may be performed as follows::
 
-    >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import *
+    >>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import fromstr
     >>> from django.contrib.gis.measure import D # ``D`` is a shortcut for ``Distance``
-    >>> from geoapp import SouthTexasCity
+    >>> from geoapp.models import SouthTexasCity
     # Distances will be calculated from this point, which does not have to be projected.
     >>> pnt = fromstr('POINT(-96.876369 29.905320)', srid=4326)
     # If numeric parameter, units of field (meters in this case) are assumed.
     >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_lte=(pnt, 7000))
-    # Find all Cities within 7 km, > 20 miles away, and > 100 chains  away (an obscure unit)
+    # Find all Cities within 7 km, > 20 miles away, and > 100 chains away (an obscure unit)
     >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_lte=(pnt, D(km=7)))
     >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_gte=(pnt, D(mi=20)))
     >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_gte=(pnt, D(chain=100)))

docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt

@@ -216,8 +216,9 @@ In the following example, the distance from the city of Hobart to every other
 :class:`~django.contrib.gis.db.models.PointField` in the ``AustraliaCity``
 queryset is calculated::
 
+    >>> from django.contrib.gis.db.models.functions import Distance
     >>> pnt = AustraliaCity.objects.get(name='Hobart').point
-    >>> for city in AustraliaCity.objects.distance('point', pnt):
+    >>> for city in AustraliaCity.objects.annotate(distance=Distance('point', pnt)):
     ...     print(city.name, city.distance)
     Wollongong 990071.220408 m
     Shellharbour 972804.613941 m

docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoquerysets.txt

@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ Oracle      ``SDO_WITHIN_DISTANCE(poly, geom, 5)``
 
     This lookup is not available on SpatiaLite.
 
+.. _geoqueryset-methods:
+
 ``GeoQuerySet`` Methods
 =======================
 

docs/ref/contrib/gis/layermapping.txt

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ Example
     class TestGeo(models.Model):
         name = models.CharField(max_length=25) # corresponds to the 'str' field
         poly = models.PolygonField(srid=4269) # we want our model in a different SRID
-        objects = models.GeoManager()
 
         def __str__(self):              # __unicode__ on Python 2
             return 'Name: %s' % self.name

docs/ref/contrib/gis/model-api.txt

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ of a `Digital Elevation Model`__ as our examples::
     class Zipcode(models.Model):
         code = models.CharField(max_length=5)
         poly = models.PolygonField()
-        objects = models.GeoManager()
 
     class Elevation(models.Model):
         name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
@@ -246,36 +245,40 @@ determining `when to use geography data type over geometry data type
 .. currentmodule:: django.contrib.gis.db.models
 .. class:: GeoManager
 
-In order to conduct geographic queries, each geographic model requires
-a ``GeoManager`` model manager.  This manager allows for the proper SQL
-construction for geographic queries; thus, without it, all geographic filters
-will fail.
+The ``GeoManager`` is required in order to use the legacy
+:ref:`geoqueryset-methods`.
 
-.. note::
+.. deprecated:: 1.9
 
-    Geographic filtering support is limited to geometry fields. ``RasterField``
-    does not currently allow spatial querying.
+    All ``GeoQuerySet`` methods have been deprecated and replaced by
+    :doc:`equivalent database functions </ref/contrib/gis/functions>`. As soon
+    as the legacy methods have been replaced in your code, you should be able
+    to remove the special ``GeoManager`` from your GIS-enabled classes.
 
-It should also be noted that ``GeoManager`` is required even if the
-model does not have a geographic field itself, e.g., in the case of a
-``ForeignKey`` relation to a model with a geographic field.  For example,
-if we had an ``Address`` model with a ``ForeignKey`` to our ``Zipcode``
-model::
+.. versionchanged:: 1.9
 
-    from django.contrib.gis.db import models
+    In older versions, the manager was required to conduct geographic queries.
+    Without it, all geographic filters failed.
 
-    class Address(models.Model):
-        num = models.IntegerField()
-        street = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-        city = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-        state = models.CharField(max_length=2)
-        zipcode = models.ForeignKey(Zipcode, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-        objects = models.GeoManager()
+    ``GeoManager`` was required even if the model did not have a geographic
+    field itself, e.g., in the case of a ``ForeignKey`` relation to a model
+    with a geographic field.  For example, if we had an ``Address`` model with
+    a ``ForeignKey`` to our ``Zipcode`` model::
 
-The geographic manager is needed to do spatial queries on related ``Zipcode`` objects,
-for example::
+        from django.contrib.gis.db import models
 
-    qs = Address.objects.filter(zipcode__poly__contains='POINT(-104.590948 38.319914)')
+        class Address(models.Model):
+            num = models.IntegerField()
+            street = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+            city = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+            state = models.CharField(max_length=2)
+            zipcode = models.ForeignKey(Zipcode, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+            objects = models.GeoManager()
+
+    The geographic manager was needed to do spatial queries on related
+    ``Zipcode`` objects, for example::
+
+        qs = Address.objects.filter(zipcode__poly__contains='POINT(-104.590948 38.319914)')
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 .. [#fnogc] OpenGIS Consortium, Inc., `Simple Feature Specification For SQL <http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfs>`_.

docs/ref/contrib/gis/tutorial.txt

@@ -238,20 +238,14 @@ model to represent this data::
         lon = models.FloatField()
         lat = models.FloatField()
 
-        # GeoDjango-specific: a geometry field (MultiPolygonField), and
-        # overriding the default manager with a GeoManager instance.
+        # GeoDjango-specific: a geometry field (MultiPolygonField)
         mpoly = models.MultiPolygonField()
-        objects = models.GeoManager()
 
         # Returns the string representation of the model.
         def __str__(self):              # __unicode__ on Python 2
             return self.name
 
-Please note two important things:
-
-1. The ``models`` module is imported from ``django.contrib.gis.db``.
-2. You must override the model's default manager with
-   :class:`~django.contrib.gis.db.models.GeoManager` to perform spatial queries.
+Note that the ``models`` module is imported from ``django.contrib.gis.db``.
 
 The default spatial reference system for geometry fields is WGS84 (meaning
 the `SRID`__ is 4326) -- in other words, the field coordinates are in
@@ -579,7 +573,6 @@ directly into the ``models.py`` of a GeoDjango application::
         lon = models.FloatField()
         lat = models.FloatField()
         geom = models.MultiPolygonField(srid=4326)
-        objects = models.GeoManager()
 
     # Auto-generated `LayerMapping` dictionary for WorldBorder model
     worldborders_mapping = {