[OSM-dev] GSoC: OpenStreetMap carto

[Peter Barth]

Hi Sophie,

Sophie Haynes schrieb:
> I noticed the required skills included PostgreSQL and CartoCSS. While
> I have not studied these languages specifically; I have learned mySQL
> and CSS which I believe are quite similar. I am more than willing to
> learn any skills I don't have, would this be okay?

in theory this is ok. But I'm not sure if that's enough for a GSoC
application. I'd say you have to play with cartoCSS and try at least
some basic modifications, so you can show what you've done and reached.
I guess that would be expected for a good rank (i.e. that you'll be
chosen as a student). However, I'm not the idea's proposer.

> Any feedback on what work I could do to help for the project or
> general advice would be greatly appreciated!

I think the least is to have a look at the issue tracker and pick tasks
you find interesting or that you feel comfortable with. You'd probably
need that for a good application anyway: What issues do you plan to work
on, what's the timeline, how do you plan to work on them,...

So first step imho: Check the issue tracker :)

If you have more specific questions you might also try to ask on IRC
(#osm-dev in oftc) for help. Paul Norman (the idea proposer and active
commiter for Carto) tends to be there, too.

Hope that helps,
Peda