Hi everyone, At the Google Summer of Code mentors summit this past weekend Google asked us (the organizations that participated in Summer of Code) to also participate in the Google Code-In project. The Code-In project is similar to the Summer of Code but for 13-18 year olds. The tasks are meant to be much smaller: the students are supposed to sign up for one task at a time, they get $100 for every 3 tasks they complete (up to $500).
I talked a bit with Carol (the Google woman running the project) who liked me suggestion for putting up a bunch of mapping-related projects. For example, a project could be "map 100 restaurants in your area" or "map all stores in mall X". We would need a small group of OSM regulars to be able to respond to questions from students, write and/or update documentation to make sure students understand how to edit, and verify that the data entered is valid. She also suggested that the students could do things like write or update documentation, community outreach, etc. There are a couple downsides: the time spent reviewing submitted data (think checking for copyright issues, etc.) might be better spent actually mapping and it doesn't appear that the organizations offering projects get anything other than the work from the students (compare to the cash that Google gives organizations for Summer of Code participation). Is anyone interested in thinking of tasks? If so, please respond some time tomorrow as the application for participation is due by this weekend. -Ian
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