Hi Another area that could really use a lot of love is the reporting framework. Nyall has a great start in place but there are a long list of features that would take if from ‘great’ to ’top notch’. @Nyall could we share your google doc brain dump of reporting TODO’s here?
Regards Tim > On 11 Sep 2019, at 18:59, Ismail Sunni <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > As Andreas said, if you have student status, GSoC is a really great way to > contribute to the project. It offers you the opportunity to get mentors and > the stipend also. Unfortunately, GSoC is finished for this year. You can > apply again around March next year (assuming Google continues the project). > > Regarding QGIS 3D, Tim Sutton has compiled some interesting improvement ideas > here [1]. You can also find some interesting ideas in from this year GSoC > Ideas [2]. > > Thank you much for getting back to me so quickly. I am currently on the > learning curve, trying to get myself familiar to the entire software. It will > probably take a bit of time for me to go over most features in the program. > > QGIS is really big. I think it's better to focus on some parts, rather than > checking all of the features :) > > Best regards > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1efgDilOpw_mT1clZRi8er_5ZwW7ZVQB97gQqaot6xXs/edit# > > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1efgDilOpw_mT1clZRi8er_5ZwW7ZVQB97gQqaot6xXs/edit#> > [2] > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2019-Ideas#qgis-3d-improvements > > <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2019-Ideas#qgis-3d-improvements> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:33 AM Andreas Neumann <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I am just a QGIS user and contributor, occasional Python programmer. I am > sorry, I can't mentor you in C++ development. However, I do think, that, if > you are interested in 3D development, that there is a large range of possible > improvements you can work on. > > The persons to ask about mentoring are the developers from LutraConsulting > (Martin Dobias, Peter Petrik) - there might be others. We just recently had a > Google summer of code project for improvements in 3D - see > https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/wiki/GSoC-2019---QGIS-3D-Improvement > <https://github.com/ismailsunni/QGIS/wiki/GSoC-2019---QGIS-3D-Improvement> > It would be nice, if your project would have similar results for improving > the QGIS project. > > As I mentioned, here are some potential improvements I can see about 3D (I am > sure other people have additional ideas): > > - Proper highlighting of objects when using the "Identify features" tool: > either stroke polygon edges with a hightlight color or show a 3D bounding box > in the highlight color > > - Allow setting camera position in 2D view for 3D view > > - Support of animated objects: moving objects, such as cars, boats, etc. > > - 3D bookmarks (storing camera position and viewing angle) > > - integration with time manager > > - texture support for objects > > - build a repository for sharing 3D object models (such as buildings, trees, > benches, other objects) > > I am sure there are more ideas. 3D in QGIS is still young and that means a > lot of features are still missing. > > Greetings, > > Andreas > > On 2019-09-11 00:52, Kyoungduk Park wrote: > >> Howdy Andreas, >> >> Thank you much for getting back to me so quickly. I am currently on the >> learning curve, trying to get myself familiar to the entire software. It >> will probably take a bit of time for me to go over most features in the >> program. >> >> From the topics you've listed, the 3D project definitely interests me a lot, >> since I've been practicing and programming computer graphics project using >> OpenGL for the past couple of months. On that note, if you or anybody can >> advise or guide me sporadically throughout the year, that would be very much >> appreciated. Please let me know about it. Thank you so much again! >> >> Best, >> Eric Park >> >> On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 2:19 AM Andreas Neumann <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi Eric, >> >> Thanks for reaching out about your college project. >> >> I am not a core developer but a contributor and power user. >> >> We normally have GSoC project almost every year, but I guess your setup >> would also work well. I am positive that we can find a mentor (project >> sponsor) to help you get started and for occasional support. But the >> potential mentor probably depends a bit on the area of code you are working >> on. >> >> Are you familiar with QGIS as a user? >> >> Areas in QGIS that would benefit from developer attention, are: >> >> - 3D (e.g. proper highlighting for feature identification and better >> integration with 2D (e.g. show camera position in 2D, allow reposition of >> camera in 2D)) >> >> - Creating a 3D model sharing repository >> >> - Processing, incl. the graphical model builder >> >> - ETL functionality in Processing >> >> - Integrating the QGIS time manager plugin in QGIS core >> >> - the Report builder (e.g. create a preview mode for reports) >> >> - the Georeferencer (support for georeferencing vector features) >> >> These are just some ideas ... of course it depends on your interests, skills >> and more. >> >> Greetings, >> >> Andreas >> >> On 2019-09-10 02:13, Kyoungduk Park wrote: >> >> Dear QGIS Developers, >> >> Please forgive me if this is not the best way to reach out to y'all, and >> please do let me know if so. >> >> I am a current college senior majoring in CS at Tufts University, located >> near Boston, USA. For my engineering degree, I need to complete a year-long >> senior capstone project. Now, I am a huge fan of free software and maps, and >> I have been programming for the past two years on C/C++/Python. I stumbled >> upon QGIS upon searching possible projects, and have been thinking wildly >> about devoting my last school year to contributing to its development. I >> have been fiddling around with QGIS for the past couple of days, and will >> take a couple more until I get the basic hang of it. >> >> I currently have a team of a couple of CS students including myself, an >> applied math major student, and might possibly have a human factors >> engineering student. The only caveat right now is that we need a project >> "sponsor" who would simply have to communicate with my team and give >> feedbacks/guidance. >> >> We would really appreciate if anyone can suggest a cool year-long >> project/idea, while we also would be searching for our own. More >> importantly, is there anyone who can possibly be our project sponsor? Please >> let me know if so. Thank you for your time. >> >> With best regards, >> Eric Park >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >> > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > > -- > Ismail Sunni > Software Engineer > ismailsunni.id <http://ismailsunni.id/> > ismailsunni.wordpress.com > <http://ismailsunni.wordpress.com/>_______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer — Tim Sutton Co-founder: Kartoza Ex Project chair: QGIS.org Visit http://kartoza.com <http://kartoza.com/> to find out about open source: Desktop GIS programming services Geospatial web development GIS Training Consulting Services Skype: timlinux IRC: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net I'd love to connect. 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