[mapserver-dev] GSoC anyone?

[Daniel Morissette]

Tamas Szekeres wrote:
> Daniel,
> 
> Your negative experience wasn't incentive much enough ;-)  I was 
> mentoring in GDAL last year with more success. 
> 

Well, if the right project idea and student shows up then I might 
actually change my mind.  :)


> While I don't foresee a large amount of spare time available from my 
> side this year, I would support to mentor such project, which suits to 
> my area of interest. Currently only one topic I have in my mind in this 
> regard, that is:
> 
> - Implement a MapServer renderer to utilize the Windows Presentation 
> Foundation (WPF) graphical rendering capabilities 
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms748373.aspx>.
> 
> Do we have a site to collect such ideas this year?
> 

I just created a page for MapServer 2010 GSoC ideas and added your idea 
to it:
   http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_2010_SOC_Ideas
... it is linked from the main OSGeo GSoC ideas page.

Please, other potential mentors add your name and ideas to this page.


> We should somehow pre-filter the students to make sure about their 
> willingness before making a final decision.
> 

I agree 200%.

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