I like the idea too. I think there would be community interest in creating quizzes once the feature is written, and it would be very nice for rainy/cloudy evenings.
Thanks, Thomas On 26 March 2012 17:27, bdwashbu <bdwas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it sounds like fun and could also be pretty useful. It'd probably > be a good way to discover new things. > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Reaves, Timothy > <trea...@silverfieldstech.com> wrote: >> >> What is the communities response to this proposal? Anyone have an >> opinion they care to share? >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Rimas Trumpa <rimas.tru...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am interested in taking part in the Google Summer of Code 2012. >>> I have an idea of my own but I'm not sure if it's attractive enough or if >>> it isn't being implemented at the moment by someone else. >>> The idea is on a very early stage but I would be very glad to hear your >>> opinion on it. >>> It's "Sky Quiz" - a Stellarium plugin (or a built-in feature) which >>> allows users to take various quizzes on the objects of the night sky. It >>> could be anything - from planets and constellations to Messier objects and >>> brightest stars. >>> The quizzes would be highly customizable. User could choose if the quiz >>> is timed, if it's "identify the object" (MCQ) or "find the object" type (or >>> maybe even mixed), the list of objects (or their types) and so on... >>> It would be possible to create your own quizzes and to share them with >>> other users. >>> Alexander thinks that this idea is very hard to implement. Yes, I agree, >>> it's definitely more than a few hours of programming, but Google Summer of >>> Code is a 3 month long project so I expect to spend 400-500 hours on this >>> during summer and I believe it is possible to complete it in time. >>> I made some very rough drafts of the Sky Quiz in action: >>> http://www.laisva.lt/stellarium/planet.png >>> http://www.laisva.lt/stellarium/orion.png >>> >>> "Sky Quiz" would be useful for teachers (easy and interesting way to test >>> the performance of the class), students ("practice-mode" to improve their >>> knowledge) and all the enthusiasts of astronomy. >>> I have participated in quite a few astronomy competitions myself and I >>> didn't manage to find any decent software to help me to prepare for the >>> observation part (which usually requires some identification of the sky >>> objects). >>> >>> A few words about me: >>> I'm a 20-year-old undergraduate student of Software Engineering with >>> Management (BSc) at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. >>> I have represented my home country (Lithuania) in a several international >>> Olympiads. I should probably mention the 4th International Olympiad on >>> Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010, Beijing, China, where I won a Gold medal. >>> It would be really nice to spend my summer improving a software that I >>> like very much (and to get paid for doing so). :) >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Rimas Trumpa >>> >>> ----------------------------- >>> RimasT on irc.freenode.net >>> rimas.trumpa on Skype >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> This SF email is sponsosred by: >>> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list >>> Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> _______________________________________________ >> Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list >> Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list > Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Stellarium-pubdevel mailing list Stellarium-pubdevel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stellarium-pubdevel
