I subscribed to the list. I'm a bit short on time, but I can write some thoughts, at least. Where is the most appropriate place to send these ideas to?
George On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <[email protected] > wrote: > FYI. This seems like something that we might want to get more involved with > or at least be tracking from a development perspective. > > -Steve W > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Common map printing specifications project [Fwd: > Students: Get Paid to work on this project] > Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:52:56 -0700 > From: Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <[email protected]> > Reply-To: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > To: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > > Hi all, just forwarding this note to this more general OSGeo channel, > since it applies to several projects and communities. > > Year after year, one of the largest complaints about open source mapping > applications is the ability to output large, high quality, printable > maps. It's often "the issue" that some proprietary users say prevents > them from moving to an open source platform. Recognising that we can > always do better, the "Carto" project is an effort to address this in a > standard way, so that all open source applications may output > configuration files according to a specification and have a common > 'engine' application produce an output file. By using a standards-based > approach, developers can work together on improving printing output > overall instead of doing it in dozens of different ways. > > That said, attached is my attempt to try to find some students to work > on the project through Google's Summer of Code :) I'm also forwarding > it here for those others who are interested in trying to help move this > initiative along. Either way, join our list and say hi.[1] Except for > some interesting work with Mapnik and QGIS together (Dane Springmeyer's > Quantumnik!) this is pretty much still theoretical. > > Tyler > > [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/carto > > > Greetings everyone! > > The OSGeo Carto mailing list [1] was created to discuss developing a > common approach to printable (vector-based) map output from open source > mapping applications. With Google's Summer of Code program, we have a > great opportunity for students to be funded to work on this project! > Please forward this on to any students that you think might benefit. > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Engine > > Note there is room for a range of programming abilities, here are just a > few... > > * developing XML-based map definition and print standard specifications > * writing a GUI-based app for doing map layout > * converting project configuration files into a common format > * enhancing Mapnik to handle layout and file output definitions > * What else? You tell us! Students are welcome to propose new ideas! > > This year, we've tied this project directly to Mapnik (and indirectly to > QGIS or GRASS) just so it is clearly not a new project, but an > enhancement of an existing one. > > Since it is really focused on developing and implementing standards, I'm > not opposed to using other projects in there for either the 'client' or > the engine - so if you're a student interested in MapServer or gvSIG, > for example, and would rather work on implementing it that way, then > please just propose it. I only had to narrow our focus to keep it clear. > > Time is running out for student applications, so let's get the word out! > Even if you're not a student but are interested in helping in some way, > join the list and say hi. > > [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/carto > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > -- George R. C. Silva Desenvolvimento em GIS http://blog.geoprocessamento.net
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