Hello,<br><br>Thanks for the link Mateusz. <br><br>OK, I need your opinion. I've been working during 1 year (still working) in a project that uses gdal library (developing some code), and Postgis, to transform vectorial data (MIF files) on PNG tiles to show over google maps. <br>
<br>I use Postgis to perform a previous merge of some vectorial data. Then, I transform the vectorial data in raster files, and "burn" the polygons over them using given colors. Finally, I transform these raster files in PNG tiles with gdal2tiles.<br>
<br>The entire process could be improved by several ways:<br><br>- I would like to have an enhaced PNG driver, to reduce the size of the tiles. For this reason, I had a theoretical approach to NeuQuant algorithm and I used pngnq. I discovered the relation between this algorithm and Kohonen Neural Networks, that I studied during my degree, and I liked a lot. Basically, for these reasons I'm interested in the project about PNG Driver<br>
<br>- On one hand, at first I was using raster data, instead of vector data. When the need of merging data arose, I had to change the point and use vector data + Postgis. On the other hand, I would like to integrate my layer to another ones in a bigger context, and I think that the raster support on Postgis will be a really useful thing. For these reasons, I'm interested in the project about WKT Raster.<br>
<br>- Before using gdal2tiles, I made my own "map tiler", creating the tiles needed "on-the-fly". As thought, it didn't work. I tried to use my own "tile cache system". One problem was the low rate of cache hints. Then, I discovered the WMS standard, and recently, the coming WMTS standard, even better. For this reason, I'm interested in the project about WMTS implementation.<br>
<br>Now, this is my "minimum schedule". This is, the
minimum amount of time that I can use this summer. With high
probability, I will be able to use more time, but I prefer to put myself in the
worst situation:<br><br>May 23 - June 30: 22h per week (total 118h)<br>July 1 - July 31: 45h per week (total 207h)<br>August 1 - August 10: 22h per week (total 26h)<br>
<br>Finally, I have experience with C, C++, Java and Python languages. My favourite one is C. I made the most of my practice work during degree in C.<br><br>Do you think, with this provisional schedule in mind, that I can apply for one of the projects? If not, would it be possible to find a mentor for one of them? Without paying and GSoC deadlines, of course.<br>
<br>Many thanks in advance, anyway<br><br>Best regards<br>Jorge<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/30 Mateusz Loskot <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mateusz@loskot.net" target="_blank">mateusz@loskot.net</a>></span><br>
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<div>Jorge Arévalo wrote:<br>
> "Difficult" is a very subjective thing, totally agree. Sorry for the<br>
> approach of the question.<br>
</div>> [...]<br>
<div>> All concepts sound familiar (because<br>
> I've studied or worked with them), but I think that I need some<br>
> previous time to go deeper. I have to include this in my schedule.<br>
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</div>Here are some helpful notes:<br>
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<a href="http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_student_time" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_student_time</a><br>
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GSoc lasts for fixed time period and no more.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Mateusz Loskot, <a href="http://mateusz.loskot.net" target="_blank">http://mateusz.loskot.net</a><br>
Charter Member of OSGeo, <a href="http://osgeo.org" target="_blank">http://osgeo.org</a><br>
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