[OSM-talk] About GSOC 2012

Thu Mar 22 07:27:25 GMT 2012

Dear Graham,

Thank You Sir for the detailed instruction set. As you said I am
currently doing some playing with OSM. Also I am doing some research
for choosing a specific idea. Soon I will choose one.

So if I choose one form that idea list, I have to give my proposal
saying what I am going implement that project idea. Simply my plan.
Isn't it?
Also can I put proposal's to more than one project from your organization?

Thank You Sir

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Graham Jones <grahamjones139 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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