Google Summer of Code 2008 Administrative

Central page for administering OSGeo participation in Google Summer of Code 2008.

= Background =


 * Wolf Bergenheim will act as Administrative contact, with support from Frank Warmerdam.
 * Google documentation on the program is at: http://code.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=10442
 * There is also a Google Wiki page about the program: http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/WikiStart
 * Last years GSoC submission: http://code.google.com/soc/2007/osgeo/about.html
 * Last years GSoC page: Google Summer of Code 2007
 * Mentoring HOWTO: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/summer-of-code-mentoring-howto/index.html
 * Advice for Mentros from the Google Wiki: http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors

= Timeline =


 * March 3rd: Project applications will be accepted
 * March 24th: Student applications

= Project Ideas Lists =

Please link project specific proposed projects here:


 * Chisimba SoC Ideas
 * GDAL SoC Ideas
 * GRASS SoC Ideas
 * Mapbender SoC ideas 2008

these need updating!


 * GeoServer SoC Ideas
 * GeoTools 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 2008 SoC Merged Ideas.

= Documents =

These pages also need updating!


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

= Project Milestones = 2008 Google SoC Project Milestones

= Project Pages = Each accepted Soc Project should be listed here, and the page should be updated with information about the progress of the project.