[mapserver-users] GSoC Project - ScribeUI: A mapfile editor

[Rahkonen Jukka]

Hi,

How is this interesting project going on? I have been awaiting a tool like this since the death of MapLab.

-Jukka Rahkonen-
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Julien-Samuel Lacroix wrote

> Hello,

> We are pleased to announce that MapServer got 2 project accepted for the
Google Summer of Code. This first one is ScribeUI: A GUI and tools for
MapServer mapfile editing [1]. ScribeUI (name subject to change) is a
mapfile management GUI that works both locally or remotely. This tool
aims to make it easier for beginners to start with MapServer and to be a
productivity tool for power-users. It will of course provide a nice
mapfile editor with autocompletion, meaningful error messages and color
swatches. In the future, the tool could be extended to manage MapCache
tile generation, test SQL queries or even deploy sites.

> You can see the first mockups here:

>  http://mapgears.github.io/scribeui-site/

ScribeUI will support the mapfile syntax as well as the Basemaps [1] and
Scribe syntax [2]. It will also feature a workspace manager that will
enable the user to group mapfiles per project and the ability to run on
a server to make things easier when working remotly.

About the student:

Jessica is an entrepreneur. Despite her young age, she already shines at
the international level (just like Mapgears!) with her font production
business: CuttyFruty?.com. She developed her interest for font sets when
she was 13, and today, her fonts are being used by big names such as
Lise Wathier, Barbie, Microsoft and Rihanna. (Read more here.)

Even if her first start-up was very artsy, Jessica also has a passion
for software and web development, and she will actually represent Canada
at the World Skills competition this July. She is in the process of
completing a bachelor's degree in computer science, and it is as a
software developer that she joins the project. We are already looking
forward to what her exceptional combination of artistic and programming
skills will bring to the MapServer project.

[1]
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2013/jlapointe/4001
[2]  https://github.com/mapserver/basemaps
[3]  http://www.mapgears.com/en/blog/archive/2013-03-12-scribe
[4]  http://www.worldskills.org/

Stay tune for the initial release!

Julien
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Julien-Samuel Lacroix
Mapgears
http://www.mapgears.com/
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