<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">The JOSM Plugin to assist with adding public
transport routes seems like a very popular project. I've already talked to 7 people about it. We can have a hangout, so I can explain to you what it's all about, but you'll have a lot of competition.<br><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">The project in itself isn't very hard for somebody how knows Java and I even already have a prototype ready in Python. This can, of course, be improved upon. Probably a lot. It's merely an attempt to script the actions I got tired of repeating over and over while adding routes and the plugin would need to be interacting with the user a lot more. The user experience is the most important part. When somebody wants to rearrange an intersection or convert a road to dual carriage-way, the plugin should assist in converting the route relations for the bus and tram lines.<br><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">One of the factors that will also come into play when deciding on a candidate is (prior) involvement with OpenStreetMap and whether you plan to become part of the project afterwards, i.e. how likely is it, that you will continue fixing bugs and maybe add more features once Google stops paying you the stipend?<br><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">The other big thing is Test Driven Development (TDD). Do you plan to write tests first and then implement code to make the tests pass? So you can add features without having to worry about introducing bugs? Google values that and so do I.<br><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">As far as I can tell, the hardest part is getting your environment set up, oh and maybe writing a compelling proposal :-)<br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">For this JOSM plugin it's probably better to continue the discussion on the josm-dev mailing list. For the web editor, I'm not sure, probably osm-dev.<br><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">We also have a mailing list dedicated to public transport: talk-transit, but there isn't much traffic there.<br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Polyglot<br></span><div><div><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><br><br></span></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-03-13 18:27 GMT+01:00 Mengying Wang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wangmychn@gmail.com" target="_blank">wangmychn@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Hi all,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">I’m a junior
student majoring in Software Engineering from Shanghai Institute of Technology
in China. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">I learned the OSM through
the organizations list of GSoC2016, and I was attracted by the concept of open
street map, create a free editable map of the world. So, I hope to have the
opportunity to join you by participating in GSoC2016.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">I am interested in
the ideas of the Public Transport, JOSM Plugin to assist with adding public
transport routes and Web editor for public transport routes. On the one hand, I’m
a college girl who love to go out to play by public transport, it’s closely connected to my life so I am terribly
concerned about it. And on the other hand, I think I can deal with these ideas
by my endeavor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">I’ll be very excited
and grateful if someone can help me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Wang Mengying</span></p></div>
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