<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p>Warm Greetings,</p>
<p>My name is <b>Pornima Gaikwad</b>, and I am a <b>final-year</b> undergraduate student at <b>IIT Kharagpur</b>. I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to OpenStreetMap through GSoC and would like to propose a project that aligns with both <strong>OSM’s mission</strong> and <strong>logistics industry needs</strong>.</p>
<p>Having worked with major conglomerates like <strong>ITC Limited </strong>and<strong> Adani Group</strong>, I have closely analyzed logistics inefficiencies, particularly <strong>backward movements</strong>—unnecessary return trips that increase costs, waste fuel, and cause delivery delays. I have developed a method to <strong>automatically detect and optimize routes</strong> using <strong>geospatial data </strong>and<strong> shortest path algorithms</strong>.</p>
<p>I believe this project could greatly benefit <strong>OSM’s dataset</strong> by mapping <strong>logistics-specific locations</strong> (warehouses, private roads, distribution hubs, other locations) onto OpenStreetMap, making it more useful for routing applications. I have structured the project in a <strong>GSoC-compatible format</strong> (attached below) and would like the opportunity to discuss this further.</p>
<p>Would it be possible to schedule a discussion with potential mentors to refine this idea and explore how it can be best integrated into OpenStreetMap? I look forward to your response and am eager to collaborate with the organization.</p><p>Thank You</p></div><div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:120pt"><td style="border-right:1.5pt solid rgb(11,83,148);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:111px;height:123px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7wPOBY66i1lIRYETlv0yu_O8NLHbfdFgUpTDvg13J760vmf5YvjckBJU1adkSRoEsEhaOyFsKBhUpoLMSQDp4M-ut9zijXPGe7jMc0hMOB16dz1H131jgBNFF_t6OGwey1BBnPgq=s0" width="111" height="123" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-left:1.5pt solid rgb(11,83,148);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#444444" face="Arial"><b>Pornima Gaikwad</b></font><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Fourth-Year Undergraduate Student,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Department of </span><font color="#444444" face="Arial">Humanities and Social Sciences,<span> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(100,100,100);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,115,232);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">+91 7744087924<br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,255,255);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pornima/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:red"></span><span style="color:red"></span>LinkedIn</a></span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>
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