Thanks for mentioning it! Though I think I still want to post here my proposal like Steve did to receive some feedback. This is the first time I post here on the mailing list so, hi everyone! I'm Waldemar Quevedo from Guadalajara, Mexico. I look forward to participate on this year's GSoC with OSM.
Waldemar On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:58 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send dev mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of dev digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [OSM-talk] GSoC'10 (Graham Jones) > 2. Re: osm2pgsql hstore support (Jukka Rahkonen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:28:45 +0000 > From: Graham Jones <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] GSoC'10 > To: steve brown <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Steve, > Thank you for putting together such a detailed proposal so early in the > process. Please do add a summary of the proposal to the wiki, as there is > only a very small section on potential mobile application development in > it. > > For yours, and other potential students' benefit, please note that the > actual application process (which does need the level of detail you include > here!) is via the Google Summer of Code web site (once the application > period opens on 29 March) - you do not apply directly to the organisation - > Just to make sure you know! > > There has been some discussion about android mapping tools on the OSM talk > mailing list over the last month or so - it could be worth checking through > the archives to see if you have picked up issues raised there. > > Regards > > > Graham. > > On 16 March 2010 01:42, steve brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey > > > > As promised, here is my proposal: > > > > Name: Stephen Brown > > Emails: [email protected], [email protected] > > Websites/blog/OSM user page: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/evolvedlight > > > > > > List of Languages known(please rate strength in the scale of 10): > > Rails 7/10, worked for two summers at a housing management solutions > > company that was rebuilding their flagship application in Rails. Personal > > projects such as youthweekends.com also use ruby on rails. > > Java 9/10, uni course specialises in Java, 3rd year project in java, > > developer for OpenSatNav, java again. > > C#: 6/10 (lack of much .Net experience), Second year project in C#, as > well > > as personal interest. Submitted small patches to Tasque, in Mono .Net > > PHP, 6/10, used it for some websites a while ago. Submitted a small patch > > to Moodle a year ago. A bit rusty now. > > Javascript: 7/10, used for most websites I've worked on. I'm familiar > with > > jQuery and scriptaculous. > > C, C++ both around 5/10. A little experience, but nothing special > > > > OSM Project Proposal and Schedule: > > My proposal comes in the form of several medium size enhancements to > > OpenSatNav. These will take OpenSatNav from a semi-useful tool to a > solution > > not far from commercial equivalents. I want to work on: > > Much more reliable trace recording tools, including voice and picture > > notes. This will take about a week, as much of the work is already done > by > > osmtracker and opensatnav. > > Add in support for alternative online routers other than yournavigation. > > This will take less than a week, and will allow for the next point: > > Turn-by-turn driving directions. This is the larger task, and will bring > it > > much closer to the standard set by AndNav and other satnav products. This > > will include text to speech, using the standard android libraries if > using > > Android 2.0+, or the TTS download from the marketplace. I estimate that > this > > will take 3 weeks for the basic visual view, and algorithms to detect > moving > > off route and moving past a step in the journey, and another 2 weeks to > get > > the TTS implemented, including intelligent TTS when there are several > > instructions close together in a route. > > POI search around a place (choose a destination, then search for POIs > near > > it such as pubs or atms, using the Nominatum geocoder). This will take > about > > a week. > > Finally, there are two features that will be actually innovative: > > A widget view, so that someone can leave the application closed, but > still > > see driving directions in a 2x2 android widget, and thus change music or > > other tasks without loosing view of the driving directions. This will > take > > another week. > > Driving directions to the status bar when the application is minimised: > > driving directions will be posted as notifications, so even if someone is > in > > a call, they will still be able to see where to go. This will take about > a > > week (could be done much more quickly, but will take a week to get > perfect) > > These together form my proposal, and should approximately fit the length > of > > the summer of code coding period. > > > > A couple of people have mentioned to me the strain on battery life when > > using OpenSatNav. This is something I will continue to work on outside of > > the GSoC proposal, as it is a more ongoing effort than a verifiable > project, > > and is something I'm going to look at before this summer. Other > suggestions > > will of course be welcomed. > > > > Currently involved in: > > I'm an Android developer by hobby and a developer for OpenSatNav (not > quite > > yet released, but many people are using the development releases we > > publish). I have been mostly working on the trace recording tools, which > > then can upload directly to OSM without plugging the phone in anywhere. I > > gain a great deal of satisfaction when I see people actually using > something > > I have worked upon, so you can be sure that if I am accepted for GSoC > 2010 > > that I won't just complete the summer and drop something into SVN. > > > > My 3rd year project is an Augmented Reality Satnav that uses OSM (and the > > freemap api tile server currently) and that runs on Android. It's not > quite > > finished yet, but hopefully will be integrated into OpenSatNav. > > > > I'm also a OpenSatNav data contributor, and have worked on some rivers, > > paths near rivers, Wokingham (a town in Berkshire), Warwick University, > and > > Leamington Spa (a town in Warwickshire) > > > > Handling situations: > > I work well when self-governed by defined deliverables and targets, and > > when I think something is going to be used by other people. The project > > manager for OpenSatNav is another potential mentor - while unable to code > > himself, puts a good deal of work into project co-ordination. > > Through my experience of working on other projects I know how to solve > > problems myself, and know how to look things up to expand my knowledge. > > > > Hobbies/Interests: > > I'm a keen whitewater kayaker and do alot of that in the colder months > (in > > summer the UK dries up and kayaking season stops). I'm the secretary of > the > > canoe club at the university, and also help manage the website. OSM is > > another interest - I prefer outdoor mapping using OpenSatNav but have > > dabbled a bit with armchair mapping in the snowy months we've had this > year. > > I'm also into climbing, swimming and cycling, and use these to keep > myself > > fit. > > > > I enjoy contributing to open source projects and have done a little for > > quite a few, spanning a few languages. I'm also a Christadelphian, so am > > involved in Church activities from time to time. > > > > Altogether, I hope my proposal shows my huge interest in OpenStreetMap. > > OpenSatNav has been something I've put a good deal of work into and I > would > > love to be able to continue that work full-time this summer. If you do > > accept my proposal, you can be assured some very visible results at the > end > > of the summer! > > > > I'm also putting this on the GSoC/2010 wiki, and very much welcome > > comments, requests or critism. > > > > Steve Brown > > > > On 13 March 2010 20:50, Graham Jones <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Thanks Steve, > >> I look forward to seeing your proposal. Especially if it is to do with > >> opensatnav - I am using that at the moment! > >> Seems to eat batteries if you do GPS trace logging, which is a bit of a > >> surprise - I suspect it must not be sleeping very much in that loop, but > >> haven't checked! > >> > >> Graham. > >> > >> > >> On 12 March 2010 01:23, steve brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hey > >>> > >>> I'd like to say a quick hello! I've been involved with OSM as a data > >>> contributor for a while (about a year and a half) and a developer for > an > >>> Android OSM SatNav for half a year or so. > >>> With my background and experience (and love) for OSM I'm hoping to > >>> participate this year in google summer of code, hopefully working on > further > >>> features and versions of the Android application (opensatnav.org). > I've > >>> seen that last year a participant developed an android client, but it > seems > >>> to have stagnated in the SVN - I'm quite against just leaving things > like > >>> that so whatever I do, you can be sure that it'll go live and keep > being > >>> worked upon. My 3rd year project at Warwick University is also further > >>> enhancements to OpenSatNav, so I'm going to be contributing GSOC or > not, but > >>> if I do get on the programme I will have plenty more time to spend even > more > >>> good stuff. > >>> > >>> Anyway, I'll post my proposal up tomorrow after I've worked on it a > >>> little more. I've been watching the dev mailing list and the wiki page > for a > >>> few weeks now, and would like to say a quick thankyou to Graham Jones - > it > >>> looks like you've put alot of work into the proposal! Hopefully it will > pay > >>> off and get some quality software developed by people (like me?) > >>> > >>> Steve > >>> > >>> 2010/3/11 [email protected] < > [email protected] > >>> > > >>> > >>>> That is a great idea. > >>>> What about making video as well, on how to use OSM/JOSM/Potlatch how > to > >>>> get started. Video Screencasts? > >>>> mike > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Peteris Krisjanis <[email protected] > >wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> For one of OSM GSoC'10 projects I would like to suggest "unofficial > >>>>> guide" for mapping. We all know that there is a little haos in > tagging > >>>>> (some says it's good, some says it bad), but so far biggest confusion > >>>>> comes from not how to tag things, but how to tag complex situations > or > >>>>> how to even map complex situations (and that's without even taking > >>>>> micro mapping into account). > >>>>> > >>>>> What we need is nice guide where is said - basic roads are maped like > >>>>> this, crossroads created this way, this must be connected with that, > >>>>> etc. It would also create a nice little base for futher experiments > >>>>> and ideas. There's nothing wrong with seeking out alternative tags or > >>>>> ways of mapping, but this at least should be documented somewhere. > >>>>> > >>>>> More or less everyone who would take this task would have to go > trough > >>>>> all archives, look for discusions and conlusions (and even if there > is > >>>>> no conlusion, writing down all sane opinions would help greatly) and > >>>>> write it down in casual user manual style. > >>>>> > >>>>> Just a idea, but I think worth to explore, > >>>>> cheers, > >>>>> Peter. > >>>>> > >>>>> 2010/3/11 Graham Jones <[email protected]>: > >>>>> > >>>>> > Mike. > >>>>> > Thank you for your suggestion. > >>>>> > I do not know where the apache licence ref comes from. This year's > >>>>> > application says GPL with a note saying some is PD. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Graham > >>>>> > > >>>>> > On Mar 11, 2010 7:36 AM, "[email protected]" > >>>>> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > > >>>>> > My GSOC suggestion : > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Get the potlatch running without any Adobe software, use gnash. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Project_Ideas_2010#Porting_of_Potlatch_to_use_FLOSS_tools_and_viewer > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Also why does google list OSM as being apache licensed? > >>>>> > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/streetmap/about.html > >>>>> > Preferred license: Apache License, 2.0 > >>>>> > Since when? > >>>>> > > >>>>> > I am putting all my new code under the affero GPL 3.0. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > mike > >>>>> > > >>>>> > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Rajan Vaish < > [email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> >> > Thanks Graham, > >... > >>>>> > > >>>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>>> > talk mailing list > >>>>> > [email protected] > >>>>> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> mortigi tempo > >>>>> P?teris Kri?j?nis > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> dev mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dev mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Graham Jones > >> Hartlepool, UK > >> email: [email protected] > >> > > > > > > > -- > Dr. Graham Jones > Hartlepool, UK > email: [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/dev/attachments/20100316/533a9eaf/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:58:03 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jukka Rahkonen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] osm2pgsql hstore support > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Sven Geggus <lists <at> fuchsschwanzdomain.de> writes: > > > > > Hello, > > > > I just commited a patch for osm2pgsl for optional generation of a > > hstore column (hstore new). > > Hi, > > Sounds great. I had been thinkin about splitting geometries and tags to a > pairs > of tables (one with columns geometry and osm_id, another columns osm_id, > key and > value) but the hstore option seems to offer also an indexed access to all > the > tags. Obviously solution is not portable to Spatialite database, though. > > Any hope that somebody would compile a new osm2pgsql Windows version > including > the hstore option? > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > > > End of dev Digest, Vol 60, Issue 27 > *********************************** >
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