[QGIS-Developer] GSoC 2019 for QGIS 3D Improvement Proposal

[Martin Dobias]

Hi

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 1:11 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 20:28, Ismail Sunni <imajimatika at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Dear QGIS developers,
> >
> > My name is Ismail Sunni, I am from Indonesia. Currently, I am studying in Germany for my master degree. Since I am now a student, I want to participate in this year Google Summer of Code for QGIS. I am interested to contribute and work on the 3D improvement. It's still young and I think that I can help with making it more complete.
> >
> > I have discussed with Martin Dobias for a more detail idea and start my proposal. Now, my proposal is more or less ready (according to me). But it would be better if I get some feedback or suggestions from the QGIS community itself. Since it will give impact to the community.
> >
> > If you are interested, you can check my proposal in this URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RcXiEyziQyGurqDGRBN3g-het33liVD81WFjv8qQlt8/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > Please don't be hesitate to make a comment either in this email thread or even in the document itself.

I can only add that I am also happy that Ismail would like to
participate in GSoC and I hope this proposal will get accepted because
the proposal looks great.


> Reading over the billboard proposal, I'd strongly suggest that you
> re-use QGIS marker symbology here to render the actual billboard
> content. Amongst other benefits, this would allow re-use of identical
> symbols between 2d and 3d maps.

That's a good point!

Cheers
Martin