Hi list, I am Jessica, and I am very pleased to have been accepted as a GSoC student. I'm looking forward to work with this community ! Jessica
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Julien-Samuel Lacroix < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > We are pleased to announce that MapServer got 2 project accepted for the > Google Summer of Code. This first one is ScribeUI: A GUI and tools for > MapServer mapfile editing [1]. ScribeUI (name subject to change) is a > mapfile management GUI that works both locally or remotely. This tool aims > to make it easier for beginners to start with MapServer and to be a > productivity tool for power-users. It will of course provide a nice mapfile > editor with autocompletion, meaningful error messages and color swatches. > In the future, the tool could be extended to manage MapCache tile > generation, test SQL queries or even deploy sites. > > You can see the first mockups here: > > > http://mapgears.github.io/**scribeui-site/<http://mapgears.github.io/scribeui-site/> > > ScribeUI will support the mapfile syntax as well as the Basemaps [1] and > Scribe syntax [2]. It will also feature a workspace manager that will > enable the user to group mapfiles per project and the ability to run on a > server to make things easier when working remotly. > > About the student: > > Jessica is an entrepreneur. Despite her young age, she already shines at > the international level (just like Mapgears!) with her font production > business: CuttyFruty?.com. She developed her interest for font sets when > she was 13, and today, her fonts are being used by big names such as Lise > Wathier, Barbie, Microsoft and Rihanna. (Read more here.) > > Even if her first start-up was very artsy, Jessica also has a passion for > software and web development, and she will actually represent Canada at the > World Skills competition this July. She is in the process of completing a > bachelor's degree in computer science, and it is as a software developer > that she joins the project. We are already looking forward to what her > exceptional combination of artistic and programming skills will bring to > the MapServer project. > > [1] http://www.google-melange.com/**gsoc/project/google/gsoc2013/** > jlapointe/4001<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2013/jlapointe/4001> > [2] > https://github.com/mapserver/**basemaps<https://github.com/mapserver/basemaps> > [3] > http://www.mapgears.com/en/**blog/archive/2013-03-12-scribe<http://www.mapgears.com/en/blog/archive/2013-03-12-scribe> > [4] http://www.worldskills.org/ > > Stay tune for the initial release! > > Julien > -- > Julien-Samuel Lacroix > Mapgears > http://www.mapgears.com/ > ______________________________**_________________ > mapserver-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev> >
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