Hello, My name is Iulian Banaga and I am interested in applying to GSOC 2009 for an OSM project. I have been working on an Android navigation application that will use OSM data for 3-4 months now, and I am preparing my bachelor thesis using this application. When I started the development I have a quick look other the existing routing applications for OSM and how they are using the data, render the map and calculate the route.
At that time I thought that one of the best solutions to do all of these tasks is Navit. I studied the application in more detail and I choose o use the same model for data. I had to write my own converter from OSM format to my own binary format. The next step was to start to understand how to use the OpenGL features that are already present in Android framework. In this moment the rendering is almost demoable, and I was able to see some results even on real devices like the OMAP Zoom II Development platforms and the port of Android on HTC Tytn II. Right now I am starting on the routing part and I am ready to incorporate some ideas from Navit. Besides that I believe I will have to use some ideas presented in Gosmore and TravelerSalesman. It will be very nice if I will be accepted for GSOC 2009, as this application will definitely get finished in time as I will sustain my bachelor thesis in late June. I am waiting for any ideas on the routing engine as this is the part that will be most wanted by the end users and also the part that will probably require the most time to be able to get results in a reasonable time on a mobile device. Best regards, Iulian
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