[mapserver-dev] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Google Summer of Code 2008
Daniel Morissette
dmorissette at mapgears.com
Thu Feb 21 10:59:23 EST 2008
Steve Lime wrote:
> FYI folks. Would be nice to participate this year. If others agree we should start getting
> some ideas together. A couple of ideas off the top of my head:
>
> - KML driver for output, draw and query
> - implementation of Steve Woodbridge's label collision test idea
>
Yes, I think we should try to do a better job with GSoC this year. Last
year if I remember correctly almost all participating projects got 2-3
students, so it's a shame that MapServer wasn't there.
I went through our brainstorming thread from last year
(http://www.nabble.com/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-to9378841.html) and
here are some of the ideas that we could potentially put on our list for
this year:
- KML driver
- label drawing efficiency (building on Steve W.'s bit cache idea)
- autorotation for polygon features
- run-time joins for rendering and classification
- develop a stable C API
- optimizations for tiled maps, particularly around labeling
and feature continuity.
We need to keep in mind that SoC projects need to be self contained and
feasible by a student over the course of a summer. Don't expect students
to work full time for 3 months on the project... my experience from last
year is that they don't (or not all of them do anyway).
We'll also need mentors... I was mentor for one of the GDAL SoC projects
last year and did a poor job due to my lack of availability (or lack of
commitment?). If we want good results then we need to dedicate some time
(1-2 hours per week?) or perhaps schedule bi-weekly meetings to stay in
touch with the student and make sure he's doing okay and making some
progress. I like the idea of 2 mentors per student that was in Wolf's
email... a primary mentor and a backup for each project... that would
definitely help.
Daniel
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