Google Summer of Code Ideas

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>>
>> I think google has made it clear this exceeds their terms of use and that
>> they are bound by agreements with (at least some of) their data providers
>> not to allow it.  I am unwilling to have OSGeo participate in an effort
>> that is of such questionable legality, and I most certainly don't want to
>> ask them to pay for the work via SoC!
>>
>> There have already been some WMS on Google Maps proof of concepts, so I
>> don't think any more proof is necessary.
>>
> 
> I agree with Frank on both points. I think Jan should remove this one 
> from the list.
> 
> BTW, we don't have a very long list of ideas so far. We need cool and 
> self contained features that are manageable by a student in a summer. 
> Any more ideas?
> 
> Daniel

I would like to see a stable C API for mapserver similar to Mapscript. 
Maybe it is just writing a SWIG wrapper for C code.

-Steve