GRASS SoC Ideas 2010
About
February 2010: This page is open to contributions - please edit!
This is the GRASS page for Google Summer of Code 2010. Here we will list project ideas and and other information related to the GRASS GSoC projects.
- Note that at this point accepted mentoring organizations have not yet been announced.
Promotion:
OSGeo Flyer at http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/ Videos at http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/Videos More Flyers at http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers
Timeline
- Community bonding time (getting to know the students)
- Deadline for student's applications (April ?)
- Registering your application early (before the deadline) allows us to give you feedback for revisions before the final deadline, enhancing your proposal and thus giving you a better chance of success.
- Accepted proposals announced (April ?)
- Work Begins (May ?)
- Midterm evaluation (July ?)
- Pencils down! (August ?)
Required Steps
- List ideas
- Assign Mentors to Ideas
- Notify OSGeo
- Mentors evaluate student applications (Deadline April ?)
- April ?: Accepted students announced
- Students subscribe to the grass-dev mailing list and introduce themselves
- Create directory structure in the GRASS add-ons SVN for projects and setup access for students
- Students must read and post agreement to RFC2 to the grass-psc mailing list to gain SVN access
- Create a Wiki page for each accepted project, to be used as a progress reporting tool
- Coding begins...
- Students and mentors: Complete the Mid-term survey
- Final commit and packaging for Google
Ideas
- Also review ideas from 2008 and 2009 which are still open.
- Project ideas of your own are also most welcome.
wxGUI
Willing to Mentor: (your name here)
- idea 1
- idea 2
Raster
Willing to Mentor: (your name here)
- idea 1
- idea 2
Vector
Willing to Mentor: (your name here)
- idea 1
- idea 2
Imagery
Willing to Mentor: (your name here)
- idea 1
- idea 2
Other
- idea 1
- idea 2
Guidelines for Students
How do you maximize your chances of getting picked? First read the Google SoC FAQ. Then talk to us about your idea. Try emailing our dev-mailing list, or come and talk to us in IRC (#grass). You can also reach the mentors directly by emailing:
- Wolf Bergenheim (wolf+grass@bergenheim.net)
Getting started with GRASS coding
- The source code is maintained in a SVN server which is easy to browse
- Please review the SUBMITTING files there for our coding standards.
- There is lots of good info at the GRASS Developer's wiki
- See also the development section of the GRASS user's wiki
Accepted Ideas
- TBD