[OSM-talk] Student Project Ideas

[Steve Coast]

Patrick

Have you spoken to Muki, cc'd? He's run OSM projects before and spoke  
at our conference and is in your department.

On 6 Oct 2007, at 15:15, Patrick Weber wrote:

> Hi list
>
> This is my first post, as I only recently have become aware of OSM,  
> but I am really impressed  with progress, and have been busy adding  
> data on both my current home, South East London, and my native town  
> of Luxembourg. I have posted the following idea to the Students  
> project wiki page.  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/ 
> Student_projects
>
> I am a PhD Student at University College London, and have  
> previously done a MSc in GIS at their Geomatics Department. As part  
> of that MSc, students need to complete a Summer Term Project  
> (Thesis). Subjects for these projects are quite varied, and  
> interested students could take on projects related to OSM. As they  
> are graded on the projects, there is a strong incentive for the  
> students to deliver good results as well. I have a working  
> relationship with various staff involved in the MSc still, and  
> would be happy to coordinate project ideas and see if there is any  
> interest from this years students.
>
> The projects would run next summer. Please let me know if you think  
> this is a good idea, obviously we need to coordinate this and make  
> shure students get proper support both from the University and OSM  
> if they want to take on a project.
>
> Cheers
>
> Patrick
> <p.weber.vcf>
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have fun,

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