[Mapbender-dev] GSoC 2010 Project - RESTful API for Mapbender [RFC]

Wed May 5 11:28:33 EDT 2010

Hi all,

I just completed my exams. Will start working on the project from tomorrow
onwards.

Regards
Vikash

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Astrid Emde <astrid.emde at wheregroup.com>wrote:

> Hello Vikash,
>
> welcome to the Mapbender project and a good Summer of Code for you.
>
> All the best for your exams and see you after May 6th.
>
> Astrid
>
>
> On Mon, April 26, 2010 8:48 pm, Vikash Banjara wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > Thanks to all of you.
> > I am officially accepted for the GSoC 2010. I will work on "Restful API
> > for Mapbender".
> >
> >
> > P.S.: I will not be available before 6th May, because of exams at the
> > university. I will start soon after the exams are over.
> >
> > Regards
> > Vikash
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Vikash Banjara
> > <vikashbanjara at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Seven,
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your suggestions. I have made proper changes to the
> >> application. You can check out once again.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf)
> >> <seven at arnulf.us>wrote:
> >>
> >>
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> >>>
> >>> Vikash Banjara wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello devs,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I have submitted my proposal for GSoC 2010 project - RESTful API
> >>>> for Mapbender at http://socghop.appspot.com under the Organization
> >>>> OSGeo.
> >>>> Please  go through the proposal and suggest me changes. I still have
> >>>>
> >>> time
> >>>> till 9th April 2010 to edit the proposal. I will be really grateful
> >>>> to
> >>> you
> >>>> people for reviewing the application.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anticipating response,
> >>>> Regards
> >>>> Vikash
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Vikash,
> >>> thank you for submitting the proposal. Before submitting my comments
> >>> to the GSoC site please consider the following details:
> >>>
> >>> I have a question and suggestion wrt the work plan. Why do you want
> >>> to first implement the client side request of the API and then the
> >>> server side?
> >>>
> >>> I was wrong when I said that client side should be designed first.
> >>> Logical
> >>>
> >> thing will be to design the server side processing.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Vikash
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> We should also clean out terminology, what is the client side and
> >>> what is the server side, what is the back end. We could add this as a
> >>> work package to the first three week design period.
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> After GSoC starts - First three weeks -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Add:
> >>> ... "Update the Glossary of the project to describe the use of the
> >>> terms "client", "server", "back end", "application", etc. in the
> >>> context of the project"
> >>>
> >>> +++
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> After first three weeks to Mid-term -
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Add:
> >>> ... "We will use a test driven development method and follow the Scrum
> >>>  process with daily scrums (as the availability of mentor and student
> >>>  will allow).
> >>>
> >>> +++
> >>> Please consider answering for this question:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "How does your SoC task benefit the OSGeo member project, and more
> >>> generally the OSGeo Foundation as a whole?"
> >>>
> >>> Suggestion:
> >>> "The REST-API project will make it easier to integrate Mapbender with
> >>> other projects. It will also allow machine access to the management
> >>> back end data and improve the use of the project as centralized
> >>> management back end for spatial data infrastructures. This will
> >>> further improve the USP of the project."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> +++
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Please provide details of previous GIS experience"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I suggest you say: "None". This will not be a problem for us (as you
> >>> already say further down). The project and tasks involved do not
> >>> require you to have up front knowledge of GIS.
> >>>
> >>> +++
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I will talk over the proposal with Christoph but as far as I am
> >>> concerned this is already a good proposal. I am happy with it.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> Arnulf.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - --
> >>> Arnulf Christl
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Exploring Space, Time and Mind
> >>> http://arnulf.us
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