Wikimedia Foundation is offering grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> for technical projects until September 29th. If you think you can build something crazy cool for Maps, now is the time. Less than one week left to apply, up to $30,000 for a person or a small team.
Maps project could help make https://maps.wikimedia.org better, and possibly even adapt the vector-serving Kartotherian <https://github.com/kartotherian/kartotherian/blob/master/README.md> to osm.org Some ideas I wish can happen: * Add hstore support to Mapnik's c++ code -- this will allow all languages to be stored in the vector tiles simultaneously. * Help with the label clipping issues * Improve/add SQL queries to generate needed data for vector tiles, and make vtiles smaller * Integrate images from commons into maps * Make panoramic views out of the images in commons * Store 3D models and GeoJSON/TopoJSON in Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/>. * Some other crazy ideas that will make maps project and the whole OSM community even more awesome Thanks! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikimedia-l] Only one week left for Individual Engagement Grant proposals To: Wikimedia developers <wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, the new round of Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> is open until 29 Sep. For the first time, technical projects are within scope, thanks to the feedback received at Wikimania 2015, before, and after (T105414 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T105414>). If someone is interested in obtaining funds to push this task, this might be a good way. On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Marti Johnson <mjohn...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > There is still one week left to submit Individual Engagement Grant > (IEG) proposals > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IEG> before the September 29th deadline. > If you have ideas for new tools, community-building processes, and other > experimental projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start > your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply > now as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into > a grant request. > > - > > Submit a grant request < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply> > - > > Get help with your proposal in IdeaLab < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> > - > > Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-engaging> > > Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal this week! < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply> > > > Kind regards, > > Marti > > *Marti JohnsonProgram Officer* > *Individual Grants* > *Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* > +1 415-839-6885 > Skype: Mjohnson_WMF > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share > <http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make > it > a reality! > Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:29:44 -0500 > From: Chris Schilling <cschill...@wikimedia.org> > To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals > > Hi everyone, > > This is Chris Schilling (User:I JethroBT). The Wikimedia Foundation > Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals for > funding new experiments from August 31st to September 29th. < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> As a former grantee in > developing the Co-op mentorship space, I encourage you to explore IEG as a > way to realize your idea for improving Wikimedia projects. < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Reimagining_Wikipedia_Mentorship > > > > Your idea could involve building new tools or software, organizing a better > process on your wiki, conducting research to investigate an important > issue, or providing other support for community-building.Whether you need a > small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD) Individual Engagement > Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition > to other expenses like travel, materials, and rental space. Project > schedules and reporting are flexible for grantees, and staff are available > on Meta to support you through all stages of your project. > > Do you have have an idea, but would like some feedback before applying? Put > it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and > guidance on how to bring it to life. < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Once your idea is ready, > it can be easily migrated into a grant request. IEG Program Officer Marti > Johnson and I will also be hosting several Hangouts for real-time > discussions to answer questions and help you make your proposal better - > the first will happen on September 8th. < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events> > > Please feel free to get in touch with Marti (mjohn...@wikimedia.org) or me > with questions about getting started with your idea. > > We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and > make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into > motion, and submit your proposal this September! < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply> > > > With thanks, > > > Chris > > -- > Chris "Jethro" Schilling > I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> > Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
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