Google Summer of Code 2007

Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Summer of Code 2007.

= Background =


 * Frank Warmerdam will act as Administrative contact, with support from Landon Blake.
 * Google documentation on the program is at: http://code.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=10442
 * Last years SoC submission from Refractions: http://code.google.com/soc/2006/refract/about.html
 * Last years introduction and ideas list from Refractions (uDig, PostGIS): http://www.refractions.net/soc2006/
 * Mentoring HOWTO: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/index.html

= Timeline =


 * March 12: Mentoring organization application deadline (we should have project ideas lists ready)
 * March 24: Student application deadline.
 * April 9: Accepted student applications announced.
 * May 28: Students begin work.
 * August 31: final evaluation deadline.

= Project Ideas Lists =

Please link project specific proposed projects here:
 * GDAL SoC Ideas
 * GeoServer SoC Ideas
 * GeoTools Soc Ideas
 * GRASS SoC Ideas
 * MapGuide Soc Ideas
 * PostGIS SoC Ideas
 * User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS SoC Ideas
 * OpenJUMP 2007 SOC Ideas
 * MapServer_2007_SOC_Ideas

The "Student Landing Page" is 2007 SoC Merged Ideas.

= Documents =


 * OSGeo 2007 Google SoC Application
 * SoC Application Rankings by Project