Xiao, Make sure to check out TileMill and Quantumnik. The former offers a web-based UI for CSS styling and widgets for adding layers. The latter leverages the UI of QGIS for styling.
Dane On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Xiao Cai wrote: > Hi guys， > I am Xiao from China. Currently, I am a graduate student from Peking > University and I have a proposal about developing an online stylesheet editor > for mapnik. I am looking forward to get some feedback from your guys. And > suggestions are welcome. Since this is the first time I apply for GSOC and > for mapnik, there are may be many problems with my proposal. So please help > me figure it out. Really appreciate your kind help :) Following is my > proposal: > > Name: > Xiao Cai > > Country: > China > > School and degree: > Peking University, master program > > Email: > [email protected] > > Phone: > 86-15210006700 > > OSGeo project(s): > mapnik > > Title: > (please include the name of the member project as part of the title, for > example: "Gee Whiz Foobar 2001 for QGIS") > A web based GUI for mapnik symbol composer?? > better inteaction ways > > Describe your idea > 1. Introduction > I would like to implement a web based WYSIWYG stylesheet editor for mapnik. > It should support the visualization of all the symbolizers of mapnik and > provide a easy to use user interface. > > 2. Background > Actually, there is a stylesheet editor for mapnik already. It is developed by > cloudmade(http://maps.cloudmade.com/editor#) > However, it is not open source and I think an open source substitution is > necessary for the OSGeo community. > > 3. The idea > The basic idea is to implement a simple web app with following features: > upload a stylesheet file and render a sample area with the stylesheet > provide some widgets for editing the stylesheet > WYSIWYG feedback > Color picker for styles > > 4. Project plan (how do you plan to spend your summer?) > familiar with how mapnik works ( the architecture, APIs, the symbology > documentation) (one or two weeks) > clearly define the features are going to develop in the summer and pulish it > as a wiki page or blog and request review by mentor and the whole OSGeo > community (one week) > develop the first prototype of the web app ( two weeks) > get feedback and do some refortoring（one week) > final refinement( the rest of the time) > > 5. Future ideas / How can your idea be expanded? > There are a lot of points we could expand for the online style sheet editor. > We may provide some social features for the style sheet editor such as > rating, comment, collaboratively edit and so on. > > Explain how your SoC task would benefit the OSGeo member project and more > generally the OSGeo Foundation as a whole: > An open source online WYSIWYG editor is really helpful for those who are not > from programming background. It would inlarge the community and make using > mapnik much easier. > > Please provide details of general computing experience: > (operating systems you use on a day-to-day basis, languages you could write > a program in, hardware, networking experience, etc.) > Operating System: > Usually work on windows with cygwin, also maintain two linux server for my lab > Enjoy mac in spare time on my own laptop. > Familiar programming language: > Python, Csharp > 20000 lines > C/C++, JavaScript > 10000 lines > SQL, Shell Script > 1000 lines > Familiar with django and dojo framework > > Please provide details of previous GIS experience: > I've implemented web gis system for my unversity. In the system, we use > mapserver for the map render. And django and dojo for rapid web development. > > I've developed several small qgis plugin for image segmentations. > > Please provide details of any previous involvement with GIS programming and > other software programming: > I've implemented a js graph library similar to RaphaelJS in MSRA(Microsoft > Research Asia) as a browser visualization library. > It is a solo project and I've been in charge of the design, develop and > document by myself. > > I've been involved in a project which is aimed to develop a virtual training > system for firefighters. I've implemented a database layer for the business > logic and also a desktop client as a controller of the training information > management. > > Please tell us why you are interested in GIS and open source software: > FOSS is great. I am a strong advocate of FOSS. I think it is very importatnt. > > Please tell us why you are interested in working for OSGeo and the software > project you have selected: > Since in my daily work, I used a lot of OSGeo software, such as QGIS and > GDAL. I think it would be great to do something for the community. > > Please tell us why you are interested in your specific coding project: > A beatuiful map always makes one happy. So I think mapnik is a great project. > And I want to make making a beatuiful map easier with better tools. > > Would your application contribute to your ongoing studies/degree? If so, how? > Sure it is. Since I think it would help me understand more about the > underlying mechinism of map rendering which is very important for > > Please explain how you intend to continue being an active member of your > project and/or OSGeo AFTER the summer is over: > I think I could maintain the stylesheet editor code base and add new features > according to the users' feedback. If possible, I would like to join some > other OSGeo projects as well. > > Do you understand this is a serious commitment, equivalent to a full-time > paid summer internship or summer job? > Sure I understand that it is very serious. And I am really interested in the > project and would like to devote my summer time into this activity. > > -- > Love life! > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
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