[OpenLayers-Users] Google Summer of Code 2008

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 04:37:29PM +1100, Zac Spitzer wrote:
> how about extending the types of maps supported by tilecache?

There's a couple problems with this:
 * TileCache is not OpenLayers; it isn't part of OpenLayers or OSGeo,
   and therefore is not part of the 'wider ecosystem' of open source
   projects applying under the OSGeo umbrella
 * TileCache is a small project, with only one or two active developers;
   the level of time to mentor users in the project is minimal to
   nonexistent by comparison to the wide developer base that OpenLayers
   has
 * TileCache has poor developer documentation, and is ill-suited for a
   student who is not actively participating in development of the
   project; it's very hard to get started hacking TileCache by
   comparison to OpenLayers.  
 * Small projects on their own, based on the applications last year, are
   pretty unlikely to be included in the final consideration for the
   Summer of Code

However, even if all that *weren't* the case,  there's also the fact
that I don't  understand the request: what kind of requests do you feel
should be supported by TileCache that aren't? It supports all kinds of
export formats... What do you think it should be doing that it isn't?

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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