Michael,<div>I think Serge's advice is good. I had a go at putting down an order of preference for how we should select GSoC Projects at the top of the <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Project_Ideas_2012#Types_of_Projects">ideas page</a>. I am proposing that we tend to favour projects that are based on developing existing OSM related projects, rather than starting new ones.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please add your idea to the wiki page though, and have a look at which tool you may incorporate the idea into.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br>Graham.<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 6 March 2012 15:08, Serge Wroclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emacsen@gmail.com">emacsen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
One of the larger criticisms of GSoC is that the projects are often<br>
abandoned after the summer.<br>
<br>
Therefore I'd suggest that if you're going to work on something, you<br>
work on adding a feature to an existing OSM project, rather than going<br>
off and creating a new project.<br>
<br>
As Josh points out, there are several similar projects out there that<br>
monitor areas, so why not add the features you want to one of the<br>
existing projects.<br>
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- Serge<br>
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