[OSM-talk] About GSOC 2012

Thu Mar 22 06:42:00 GMT 2012

Hi Andun,
It looks like you have a lot of experience that will be useful for an OSM
based project  - please remember to refer to this when you apply!.

I would recommend that in addition to the suggestions on general
familiarisation with OSM that I sent you earlier, that you do some research
into the project ideas that you are interested in.   I put some notes in
one of the Android based ones, which is are relevant to all of them -
basically I would like to see development of an existing android
application, rather than starting a new one, unless your proposal is for
something particularly novel, as there are quite a lot around (search the
OSM wiki for 'android').

Based on this research and your experience with using OSM and its related
tools, I would focus on a smaller number of project ideas to decide which
one to turn into an application.

I would then prefer to see questions along the lines of 'I have thought
about this project idea, and think it would be good to do X and Y - does
anyone have any suggestions for improving this?

You will see from the application template on the GSoC site, that we are
looking for you to turn our very general project idea into a proposal that
will say what you are proposing to do, an indication of how you will do it
etc.

Please ask for clarifications of the project ideas on this list, because we
have not allocated mentors to projects yet.

Also please put a draft application onto the GSoC web site as early as
possible so that we can see it and suggest areas for improvement, rather
than leave it until the last minute before uploading it, when it is too
late to change it.

Regards

Graham.

On 22 March 2012 01:16, Andun Sameera <andunslg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Graham,
>
>
> I read the idea page and find out that following projects are really
> interesting and have a good potential for me,
>
> 1 - Improve / Create Simple Android OSM editor
> 2 - OSM Application for Android
> 3 - Offline Map Viewer App with Notes - Enhancing NeoMap App for Android
> 4 - Android Application to have complete tracking record of Friends
> using OSM Data
> 5 - Nominatim (or alternative)
> 6 - HTML Based Micromapping Editor
>
>
> I did three major project in my university which is really similar to
> these kind of projects, Following description will give an idea bout
> those projects,
>
> 1 -  Did a major Android development project called Travel
> Ceylon(
> http://www.insightforfuture.blogspot.com/2012/01/travel-ceylon-inteligent-travel-planner.html
> )
> as my 3rd year software project at the university. It was a Android
> application which is capable of providing trip plans in side Sri
> Lanka. It uses a web service to get details to generate trip plans.
> That web service also created by me. Using that Axis2+Java web service
> my application generates trip plans intelligently considering users
> interests.
>
> * Interest list of the traveler.
> * Starting position.
> * Destination position.
> * Time period of travel.
> * Special places to be included.
> * Special places to be avoided.
> * Which cities do you want to stay.
>
>
> Also I am currently developing a standalone version of Travel Ceylon
> app. I use my web service to get details about cities and places in
> Sri Lanka. In my standalone app, I integrate all these data into the
> application itself using a SQLite database.
>
> My android App’s codebase -
> https://code.google.com/p/travel-ceylon-android-client/
>
> My Web Service’s codebase -
> https://code.google.com/p/travel-ceylon-web-service/
>
> You can visit my blog link to see complete set of screen shots of my
> app. In near future I will release it to Android Market.
>
> 2 - MYJE - Make Your Journey Easy : Navigational System : This project
> is a navigational system for Sri Lanka, which provides you the paths
> to unknown destination and guide you through the path. Users are
> guided though direction commands to their destination.
>
> 3 - I did some development regarding finding bus roots in Sri Lanka.
> For example if you are in Sri Lanka, You have to go by several buses
> to reach a place. So I Purposed an app can suggest those buses and
> routes on users request.
>
> 4 - These days I am developing an Android application for Sri Lanka
> Police Department. The university choose me to do that project. Police
> department want a application which shows mobile communication details
> of a place. They want to use it in their crime investigations.
>
> 5 - Also I am a major web developer of my University, Currently I
> leading a team which creates a new web portal for our computer
> engineering department. I am really familiar with technologies like
> HTML,javascript,php etc.
>
> So having those experiences in Map related things, Android development
> etc. I think I want to do a project with you. So to proceed with my
> proposal work, I will do the things what you asked me. I have lot of
> data related to Sri Lanka.
>
> So can I contact those possible mentors directly to discuss about
> those projects sir? Because I have lot of things to ask?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andun Sameera
> Undergraduate
> University Of Moratuwa
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Graham Jones <grahamjones139 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Thank you for your interest in applying for GSoC with Openstreetmap.
> This
> > list will be fine to ask questions.
> >
> > Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
> >
> > - It is important to understand the fundamentals of what OSM is, so if
> you
> > have not done so before, please start by creating an account and making
> some
> > improvements to the map in your local area.
> >
> > - It would also be good to look at the OSM data structure.  Details of
> the
> > xml file format can be found on our wiki.
> >
> > - The next stage is for you to develop a project proposal - our ideas
> > page lists quite a few ideas, but these need some development to turn
> them
> > into a successful project proposal - you should be able to see our
> > application template on the Google GSoC web site.
> >
> > Hope that helps.   Please feel free to ask more questions as you develop
> > your proposal.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
> > On 21 March 2012 15:39, Andun Sameera <andunslg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I am a undergrad of University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka. I read your
> >> descriptions of the GSOC ideas. I did several project which use maps
> >> and manipulates maps. So I am really interested in doing a project
> >> with you for this years GSOC. So can I discuss relevant thing in this
> >> mailing list?
> >>
> >> Can You Please provide me more details?
> >>
> >> Thank You
> >>
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> >
> > --
> > Graham Jones
> > Hartlepool, UK.
> >
>

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Graham Jones
Hartlepool, UK.
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