Google Summer of Code Ideas

[Daniel Morissette]

The most interesting and self-contained idea I can think of that would 
be manageable by a student is KML output (for use with Google Earth). 
However, we have a potential customer interested in this that might need 
this sooner and decide to fund it. I will know only in a couple of weeks 
if it's going to happen or not.

I wonder if we should put the idea in the list anyway.

Daniel


Steve Lime wrote:
> Hi Folks: If you haven't been watching the OSGeo discuss lists you may not have seen discussions related to OSGeo serving as an umbrella organization for Google Summer of Code Submissions. OSGeo has put out a last call for project ideas and mentors. The main OSGeo page for this topic is:
> 
>   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Google_Summer_of_Code 
> 
> You can see what sort of things other OSGeo releated projects are thinking about. I started (albeit blank at the moment) an idea page for MapServer at:
> 
>   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/MapServer_2007_SOC_Ideas
> 
> I would encourage anyone with ideas that aren't scheduled for development already (there must be loads of them) to jot them down on that page. The guts of Frank's latest message to the OSGeo lists is included below.
> 
> Steve
> 
> ---------------------------- snip ------------------------------
> 
> This is sort of a last call to projects interested in participating in
> the Google Summer of Code under the OSGeo umbrella.  I will need a pointer to
> a page with project ideas and a list of willing mentors - with google
> account names for them - at:
> 
>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Google_Summer_of_Code 
> 
> I'd encourage some selectivity in picking mentors.  These folks will be
> stuck coddling students and will be expected to be supportive, helpful
> and knowledgable.  Also, I'd encourage trimming the ideas list to a moderate
> length with reasonably well explained ideas.  Random students with no
> background in our industry will be reading them and potentially trying to
> prepare proposals based on them.


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Daniel Morissette
http://www.mapgears.com/