Hi ginpachi, Thank you for introducing yourself and the project. Welcome to XWiki and enjoy this summer :)
Best, Caty On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 6:46 PM Fawad Ali <m.fawaadal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > Hope all of you are doing great. > > About Me > > I am Fawad Ali, selected as a student for Google Summer of Code. Currently > enrolled in the 6th semester at University of Engineering and Technology, > Taxila. I am a resident of Pakistan currently living in the city of > Rawalpindi. > > It is a great honor to have been selected and have a chance to work with > XWiki. :) > > *Profiles* > GitHub - https://github.com/9inpachi > LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fawadaliq/ > Riot - @ginpachi:matrix.org > > I will be presenting my project "Map Application" to all of you. Following > are the relevant details. > > > Map Application > > *Mentors: *Stéphane Laurière, Ecaterina Moraru > > *Technologies:* JavaScript, Velocity, Java, Leaflet, other if required > > Overview > > This project is about the development of interactive maps in XWiki. > Creation of an application within XWiki that will allow users to generate > interactive maps which support collaboration and are easy to create so that > locations can be shared, and areas can be associated with structured data. > > This application will open several possibilities that can be utilized > within XWiki and broaden the overall scope by allowing map rich wikis where > locations and areas can be presented in a way that will increase the > understandability of data. > > It will also allow for the sharing of custom map related data which would > be very helpful since users and admins will be able to present locations in > an information rich map environment which will be interactive. > > Features > > > *Markers and popups* - Place markers anywhere on the map and associate > popups with them. > > *Path between two points* - A path will be generated by the application > linking two points of interest. > > *Location search* - Search any location on the map. > > *Filtered list maps* - Allow the user to search for a specific kind of > place (e.g. restaurants) and get a list of locations to choose from. > Through the content available and binded to a location, the user will be > able to learn some aspects of the location. > > *Custom shapes* - Custom shapes can be used to highlight a specific area > for representation. The content associated with these shapes can give > useful information about the area. > > *Indoor maps* - Such maps will be able to describe the internal structure > or fair plan of a building or structure. They can be used to guide users in > a big building and locate point of interests. > > *Maps on mobile* - Special design arrangements will be made for easily > viewing of maps and availing all the features of the application on mobile > devices. > > *Custom map backgrounds* - Custom backgrounds will make the environment > of interactive maps much suitable for a specific purpose > > If you have any features in mind that will make the Map Application better > please feel free to reply to this mail. > This is all for the summary of the project, if you want to have a more > deeper insight, please check out the full proposal. > > *Project Proposal: * > https://drive.google.com/open?id=14qXC7Oy2bPUASfVtSTIsNG1sPcfm5Ikr > > > Thanks for reading through the mail. I will be looking forward to your > guidance through this summer and your contributions to the project. > If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to reply to this > mail. > > Au revoir. :) > > Best, > Fawad Ali >
