The Spatial Reference class, represents OGR Spatial Reference objects. Example: >>> from django.contrib.gis.gdal import SpatialReference >>> srs = SpatialReference('WGS84') >>> print(srs) GEOGCS["WGS 84", DATUM["WGS_1984", SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]], TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328, AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]] >>> print(srs.proj) +proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs >>> print(srs.ellipsoid) (6378137.0, 6356752.3142451793, 298.25722356300003) >>> print(srs.projected, srs.geographic) False True >>> srs.import_epsg(32140) >>> print(srs.name) NAD83 / Texas South Central