Google Summer of Code 2014 Ideas

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2014]] wiki page.

* See also ideas from [[2007_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2007]], [[2008_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2008]], [[Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010 Ideas|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011 Ideas|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012 Ideas|2012]], and [[Google Summer of Code 2013 Ideas|2013]].
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== OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2014 ==

The [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] would like to extend a welcome to all SoC students. On this page you will find links to a host of ideas organized by project. You will find ideas ranging from the depths of computer science graph theory to the heights of visualization. One thing all these ideas have in common is lots and lots of spatial data.

These ideas are '''*only*''' to motivate you, and serve as example of the kind of hills we want to charge up. Your own ideas are more than welcomed - they are encouraged. We view you as the next wave of open source leaders; show us what you've got.

* '''Students: If you need more information on how to apply you can contact all the mentoring organisations via the OSGeo-SoC mailing list''' ([[#How to get in contact via mailing lists|see below]])

* There is a [http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers Google SoC flyer] to look at and post in appropriate places and [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/google_summer_of_code/OSGeo_GSoC_2014.pdf an OSGeo flavoured one as well].

* Ok, [[OSGeo]] is involved in working with maps and things, but what kind of projects does it really do? Have a look at the [http://planet.osgeo.org/ live blog feed] to see what people are working on right now.

* Mentors, there's an additional link providing some tips and specifying your responsibilities on the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2014]] wiki page.

== Important dates ==

* [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014 '''The official timeline''']


* February 24: Google announces accepted organizations. {{done}}

: Please start talking to the dev communities you are interested in ''now''.
* March 10: Student applications open.
: The earlier you start the more probable it is that you will be accepted!
: ''There is two way feedback during the application process which really helps you improve and clarify your application before the final deadline. The better your involvement with your potential mentors during this period, the better your chances of being selected.''
* March 21: Student application deadline.
* April 21: '''Accepted student proposals are announced and Community Bonding Period begins.'''
* May 19: '''Coding begins!'''
: (''you may unofficially start a week or two earlier if you know you'll have to take a week or two off during The Summer or you'll be sitting finals in the first week(s) of the program. This must be reflected in your application timeline'')
* June 23: Mid-term evaluation begins
* August 11-18: '''Pencils down!'''
* August 18-22: Final evaluations
* August 22: Students begin submitting required code samples to Google
* August 25: Final results announced

== The ideas pages ==
'''''[Check back often, it's a work in progress]'''''

Each participating project's list of ideas is on the respective projects' wikis, with a short description of the project and what type of students would be interested in it:

=== OSGeo Foundation member projects ===

* ''More coming soon: Get started talking to your favorite project's development team today!''

[[Image:logo-grass.png|60px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2014 '''GRASS GIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] is an open source GIS focusing on analysis, modeling and visualization. It is a collection of modules written in C and Python and has a GUI written in wxPython. If you know Python, or want to implement algorithms in C, take a look!

[[Image:logo-qgis.png|60px|right]]
* [http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2014 '''QGIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. It is written in C++ and Python.

[[Image:logo-gdal.png|60px|right]]

* [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SummerOfCode '''GDAL''' Ideas]: [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] is a C++ library for reading and writing geospatial data raster and vector formats.



[[Image:logo-gvSIG.png|60px|right]]
* [[GvSIG_GSoC_2014_Ideas|'''gvSIG''' Ideas]]: gvSIG is a free GIS project for [http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/description2/view?set_language=en Desktop], [http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-mobile/description-2/view?set_language=en PDAs], and [http://gvsigmini.org mobile phones]. The gvSIG project looks for students with Java skills that want to develop new ideas on any of these products.

[[Image:logo-opticks.png|right]]
* [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Google+Summer+of+Code '''Opticks''' Ideas]: [http://opticks.org/ Opticks] is an extensible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing remote sensing] and imagery analysis desktop application. It provides a framework to process remote sensing data such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspectral_imaging Hyperspectral] (HSI), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-spectral_image Multispectral] (MSI), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_aperture_radar Synthetic aperture radar] (SAR) imagery and video. The application is written in C++ and licensed under LGPL v2.1. Extensions are written using C++ or Python. You can review the [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/All+Opticks+Extensions available extensions] and [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Feature+Tour+-+Your+Data feature tour] to get a better idea of what Opticks can do.

[[Image:Osgeolive_60px.png|right]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_GSoC_2014 '''OSGeo-Live''' Ideas]: [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live] packages over 50 of the best geospatial open source projects, preconfigured with data, quickstarts and project overviews. We have packaging and automated build projects. ([[#Which_project_do_I_choose.3F|See below]])

[[Image:logo-postgis.png|60px|right]]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/GoogleSummerCode '''PostGIS''' Ideas]: [http://postgis.net PostGIS] spatially enables the popular PostgreSQL object-relational database, allowing it to be used as a back-end database for geographic information systems (GIS) and web-mapping applications.

[[Image:logo-ossim.png|90px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/GSoC_2014 '''OSSIM''' SoC Ideas]: [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki OSSIM] Open Source Software Image Map (OSSIM) is a high performance engine for remote sensing, image processing, geographical information systems and photogrammetry. The software has been under active development since 1996 and is deployed across a number of private, federal and civilian agencies. It is written in C++.

[[Image:Logo_OTB.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/GSOC_2014 '''OTB''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org ORFEO ToolBox] (OTB) is an open source library for remote sensing image processing.Targeted algorithms for high resolution optical images (Pleiades, SPOT, QuickBird, WorldView, Landsat, Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors (Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are available. The software has been under active development since 2006 and is written in C++ and it includes also side projects also open source with GUI like Monteverdi. OTB has recently started the incubation process into OSGeo.

  



=== Guest projects ===

Like-minded geospatial projects to take part under OSGeo umbrella. If you wish your software project to be listed here, please contact Hamish, Anne and Dustan.

[[Image:Logo-osm6.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2014/Project_Ideas '''OpenStreetMap''' Ideas]: [http://osm.org/ OSM] is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways.
:* ''This year OpenStreetMap students will again be hosted under OSGeo's GSoC umbrella. Talk to OSM, but apply with us. Begin your proposal description with "OSM: " so we know which way to direct it.''

[[Image:Pgrouting-logo.png|60px|right]]

* [https://github.com/pgrouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSOC-Ideas '''pgRouting''' Ideas]: [http://pgrouting.org pgRouting] extends the PostGIS / PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide geospatial routing functionality and more.

[[Image:Pywps-logo.png|60px|right]]

* [https://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/wiki/GSOC-2014-ideas '''PyWPS''' Ideas]: [http://pywps.wald.intevation.org PyWPS] is server implementation of OGC WPS standard on server side using Python programming language. Currently, [http://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/ new version of PyWPS] is being done, were we would like to implement several new attractive features.

* [https://sourceforge.net/p/istsos/wiki/GSoC_ideas_2014/ '''istSOS''' Ideas]: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/istsos/ istSOS] [[Image:Logo-istSOS.png|100px|right]] (Istituto Scienze della Terra Sensor Observation Service) is an implementation of the Sensor Observation Service (SOS) standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The development of istSOS was started in 2009 in order to provide a simple implementation of the SOS standard for the management, provision and integration of hydro-meteorological data collected in Canton Ticino (Switzerland). istSOS is entirely written in Python.

[[Image:logo-uDig.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/moovida/jgrasstools/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-2014 '''JGrasstools''' and '''uDig''' SoC Ideas]: User-friendly Desktop GIS ([http://udig.github.io/ uDig]) is a Java application written with the Eclipse RCP framework. The project has a community svn area to host student plug-ins, tutorials cover how to package up a custom application to show off your work.



[[Image:Logo-cartaro.png|60px|right]]
* [https://groups.drupal.org/node/407408 '''Cartaro''' Ideas]: [http://cartaro.org Cartaro] provides geospatial functionality and web services within the Drupal Content Management System (CMS). It is builds upon robust Open Source components: the PostGIS database, GeoServer and GeoWebCache web services, OpenLayers maps in the browser, all managed from within the powerful Drupal CMS.

[[Image:Logo-geonode.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-2014 '''GeoNode''' Ideas]: [http://geonode.org/ GeoNode] is an Open Source Geospatial Content Management System: a web-based application and platform for developing Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI). It is designed to be easily extended and modified, and can be integrated into existing platforms. Written with the Python Django web application, it is based on other great Open Source components such as PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers and GeoExplorer.





== Which project do I choose? ==

Most of the software projects are available pre-built on our Live demo { DVD | USB stick | VirtualMachine } with project overviews and short tutorials where you can try everything out.
: View the documents and download the ISO from http://live.osgeo.org
[[File:Osgeolive wordle.png|400px|center]]

== How to get in contact via mailing lists ==

Since OSGeo is an umbrella organisation for multiple projects, each project has their own discussion and development mailing lists.

'''Main OSGeo mailing lists of interest to students:'''
: Please start here, when contacting us for the first time with questions about Google Summer of Code.

:* OSGeo SoC Mentors and Students - soc@lists.osgeo.org (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc)
:* OSGeo Wide Discussion List - discuss@lists.osgeo.org (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss)

Also see the [[Mailing Lists]] page for project specific lists, as well as the longer list at http://lists.osgeo.org.

== How to get in contact via IRC ==

Primary channel:

* irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo (Web based [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi IRC client], [http://webchat.freenode.net alternative])

GSoC @ OSGeo inter-project discussions:

* irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-soc

Project irc channels:

* irc://irc.freenode.net/#gdal
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#geoserver
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#geotools
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#grass
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#gvsig
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#mapguide
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#mapnik
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#mapserver
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#openlayers
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#opticks
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeolive
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#ossimplanet
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#pgrouting-project
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#postgis
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#qgis
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#udig
* irc://irc.oftc.net/#osm-dev

== Application questions we'll ask you ==
'''''[Provisional]'''''

* All questions must be answered, ''no exceptions''. Treat this as something between a formal job application and a scholarship application, because that's exactly what it is.

Name:

Country:

School and degree:

Email:

Phone:

OSGeo project(s):

Title:
(please include the name of the member project as part of
the title, for example: "Gee Whiz Foobar 2001 for QGIS")

Describe your idea
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. The idea
4. Project plan ('''detailed timeline''': how do you plan to spend your summer?)
5. Future ideas / How can your idea be expanded?

Explain how your SoC task would benefit the OSGeo member
project and more generally the OSGeo Foundation as a whole:

Please provide details of general computing experience:
(operating systems you use on a day-to-day basis, languages you
could write a program in, hardware, networking experience, etc.)

Please provide details of previous GIS experience:

Please provide details of any previous involvement with
GIS programming and other software programming:

Please tell us why you are interested in GIS and open
source software:

Please tell us why you are interested in working for OSGeo
and the software project you have selected:

Please tell us why you are interested in your specific
coding project:

Would your application contribute to your ongoing studies/
degree? If so, how?

Please explain how you intend to continue being an active
member of your project and/or OSGeo AFTER the summer is over:

Do you understand this is a serious commitment, equivalent
to a full-time paid summer internship or summer job?

Do you have any known time conflicts during the official coding
period? (May 19 to August 18)

== What to expect during the summer ==

* A group of past GSoC students, mentors, and Googlers have prepared this short book just for you:
: [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/02/flip-bits-not-burgers-student-guide.html Flip bits not Burgers: The Student's Guide to the Summer of Code] -- READ THIS eBOOK

=== Be prepared to be in constant communication with your mentors and project ===

You and your mentors will decide on the specifics, but we will expect you and your mentor to communicate *a lot*. Part of the idea of SoC is to integrate you into the developer community, so you should get involved with them from the start. The more you communicate the easier it will be. Don't be afraid that the mentors will request your phone number. It is only to make sure that we can reach you in case of problems, like making sure you get paid.

University exams and semester terms vary widely, if we know ''in advance'' that you need a week off to study, or that you've already scheduled a short vacation to somewhere off the grid, that's fine and won't count against you. But you need to ''communicate'' this up front so we can make a plan to work around it.

=== Weekly reports ===

Yes, every week we expect to see a report posted to the soc@osgeo mailing list that at least answers the following questions:

# What did you get done this week?
# What do you plan on doing next week?
# Are you blocked on anything?

These questions BTW are the same as are used in real-work, when developing with the
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development) Scrum] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development development process]. ;)

If you want, feel free to write *more*. But three sentences is the bare minimum. *IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND YOUR PROGRESS REPORTS ON TIME*, if you don't send this email your mentors will start to get twitchy, and *especially* if they don't get any responses to their emails / don't see you in IRC. Twitchy mentors is not what we want. If you are blocked by finals, that's cool. We have all studied at some point, just tell us about it up front, be honest, and we'll work around it. If you don't know how to proceed and your mentor isn't answering *definitely* tell about it. The SoC project admins will always be available. Basically the point is that you open up the communication channels, and keep them open. That way you will have a super summer, and get paid ;)

Last year this weekly report proved to be very popular among the students and mentors alike, so we will keep it up.

=== Wiki page and blogs ===

In addition to weekly reports we require you to maintain a wiki or blog page for your project. You should store your weekly reports there and add other information, like how to compile and test your program. If applicable add screenshots and other nice info.

Wiki and/or blog space can and will be provided by OSGeo if your project doesn't have anything already set up for this.

We plan to link all of the students' blogs to the [http://planet.osgeo.org OSGeo Planet] blog aggregator for maximum community exposure and hopefully early feedback from the experts who read it, which may save you a lot of time and trouble if, for example, some obscure wheel has already been invented by another partner project.

Final reports from those blogs and wiki pages will be collected into a OSGeoofcode posting about what everyone did during the summer, ensuring you long lasting fame and fortune. (''Or failing that, a bit of public press, a bit of cash from Google, and a lot of gratitude and kudos from us, your peers.'')

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* Back to the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2014]] wiki page.

* See also ideas from [[2007_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2007]], [[2008_SoC_Merged_Ideas|2008]], [[Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code 2010 Ideas|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code 2011 Ideas|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code 2012 Ideas|2012]], and [[Google Summer of Code 2013 Ideas|2013]].
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== OSGeo Google Summer of Code 2014 ==

The [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] would like to extend a welcome to all SoC students. On this page you will find links to a host of ideas organized by project. You will find ideas ranging from the depths of computer science graph theory to the heights of visualization. One thing all these ideas have in common is lots and lots of spatial data.

These ideas are '''*only*''' to motivate you, and serve as example of the kind of hills we want to charge up. Your own ideas are more than welcomed - they are encouraged. We view you as the next wave of open source leaders; show us what you've got.

* '''Students: If you need more information on how to apply you can contact all the mentoring organisations via the OSGeo-SoC mailing list''' ([[#How to get in contact via mailing lists|see below]])

* There is a [http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers Google SoC flyer] to look at and post in appropriate places and [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/flyer/google_summer_of_code/OSGeo_GSoC_2014.pdf an OSGeo flavoured one as well].

* Ok, [[OSGeo]] is involved in working with maps and things, but what kind of projects does it really do? Have a look at the [http://planet.osgeo.org/ live blog feed] to see what people are working on right now.

* Mentors, there's an additional link providing some tips and specifying your responsibilities on the main OSGeo [[Google Summer of Code 2014]] wiki page.

== Important dates ==

* [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014 '''The official timeline''']


* February 24: Google announces accepted organizations. {{done}}

: Please start talking to the dev communities you are interested in ''now''.
* March 10: Student applications open.
: The earlier you start the more probable it is that you will be accepted!
: ''There is two way feedback during the application process which really helps you improve and clarify your application before the final deadline. The better your involvement with your potential mentors during this period, the better your chances of being selected.''
* March 21: Student application deadline.
* April 21: '''Accepted student proposals are announced and Community Bonding Period begins.'''
* May 19: '''Coding begins!'''
: (''you may unofficially start a week or two earlier if you know you'll have to take a week or two off during The Summer or you'll be sitting finals in the first week(s) of the program. This must be reflected in your application timeline'')
* June 23: Mid-term evaluation begins
* August 11-18: '''Pencils down!'''
* August 18-22: Final evaluations
* August 22: Students begin submitting required code samples to Google
* August 25: Final results announced

== The ideas pages ==
'''''[Check back often, it's a work in progress]'''''

Each participating project's list of ideas is on the respective projects' wikis, with a short description of the project and what type of students would be interested in it:

=== OSGeo Foundation member projects ===

* ''More coming soon: Get started talking to your favorite project's development team today!''

[[Image:logo-grass.png|60px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2014 '''GRASS GIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] is an open source GIS focusing on analysis, modeling and visualization. It is a collection of modules written in C and Python and has a GUI written in wxPython. If you know Python, or want to implement algorithms in C, take a look!

[[Image:logo-qgis.png|60px|right]]
* [http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2014 '''QGIS''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. It is written in C++ and Python.

[[Image:logo-gdal.png|60px|right]]

* [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/SummerOfCode '''GDAL''' Ideas]: [http://www.gdal.org GDAL] is a C++ library for reading and writing geospatial data raster and vector formats.



[[Image:logo-gvSIG.png|60px|right]]
* [[GvSIG_GSoC_2014_Ideas|'''gvSIG''' Ideas]]: gvSIG is a free GIS project for [http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/description2/view?set_language=en Desktop], [http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-mobile/description-2/view?set_language=en PDAs], and [http://gvsigmini.org mobile phones]. The gvSIG project looks for students with Java skills that want to develop new ideas on any of these products.

[[Image:logo-opticks.png|right]]
* [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Google+Summer+of+Code '''Opticks''' Ideas]: [http://opticks.org/ Opticks] is an extensible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing remote sensing] and imagery analysis desktop application. It provides a framework to process remote sensing data such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspectral_imaging Hyperspectral] (HSI), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-spectral_image Multispectral] (MSI), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_aperture_radar Synthetic aperture radar] (SAR) imagery and video. The application is written in C++ and licensed under LGPL v2.1. Extensions are written using C++ or Python. You can review the [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/All+Opticks+Extensions available extensions] and [http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Feature+Tour+-+Your+Data feature tour] to get a better idea of what Opticks can do.

[[Image:Osgeolive_60px.png|right]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_GSoC_2014 '''OSGeo-Live''' Ideas]: [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live] packages over 50 of the best geospatial open source projects, preconfigured with data, quickstarts and project overviews. We have packaging and automated build projects. ([[#Which_project_do_I_choose.3F|See below]])

[[Image:logo-postgis.png|60px|right]]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/GoogleSummerCode '''PostGIS''' Ideas]: [http://postgis.net PostGIS] spatially enables the popular PostgreSQL object-relational database, allowing it to be used as a back-end database for geographic information systems (GIS) and web-mapping applications.

[[Image:logo-ossim.png|90px|right]]
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/GSoC_2014 '''OSSIM''' SoC Ideas]: [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki OSSIM] Open Source Software Image Map (OSSIM) is a high performance engine for remote sensing, image processing, geographical information systems and photogrammetry. The software has been under active development since 1996 and is deployed across a number of private, federal and civilian agencies. It is written in C++.

[[Image:Logo_OTB.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.orfeo-toolbox.org/index.php/GSOC_2014 '''OTB''' SoC Ideas]: [http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org ORFEO ToolBox] (OTB) is an open source library for remote sensing image processing.Targeted algorithms for high resolution optical images (Pleiades, SPOT, QuickBird, WorldView, Landsat, Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors (Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are available. The software has been under active development since 2006 and is written in C++ and it includes also side projects also open source with GUI like Monteverdi. OTB has recently started the incubation process into OSGeo.

  



=== Guest projects ===

Like-minded geospatial projects to take part under OSGeo umbrella. If you wish your software project to be listed here, please contact Hamish, Anne and Dustan.

[[Image:Logo-osm6.png|60px|right]]
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2014/Project_Ideas '''OpenStreetMap''' Ideas]: [http://osm.org/ OSM] is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways.
:* ''This year OpenStreetMap students will again be hosted under OSGeo's GSoC umbrella. Talk to OSM, but apply with us. Begin your proposal description with "OSM: " so we know which way to direct it.''

[[Image:Pgrouting-logo.png|60px|right]]

* [https://github.com/pgrouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSOC-Ideas '''pgRouting''' Ideas]: [http://pgrouting.org pgRouting] extends the PostGIS / PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide geospatial routing functionality and more.

[[Image:Pywps-logo.png|60px|right]]

* [https://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/wiki/GSOC-2014-ideas '''PyWPS''' Ideas]: [http://pywps.wald.intevation.org PyWPS] is server implementation of OGC WPS standard on server side using Python programming language. Currently, [http://github.com/jachym/pywps-4/ new version of PyWPS] is being done, were we would like to implement several new attractive features.

* [https://sourceforge.net/p/istsos/wiki/GSoC_ideas_2014/ '''istSOS''' Ideas]: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/istsos/ istSOS] [[Image:Logo-istSOS.png|100px|right]] (Istituto Scienze della Terra Sensor Observation Service) is an implementation of the Sensor Observation Service (SOS) standard from the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The development of istSOS was started in 2009 in order to provide a simple implementation of the SOS standard for the management, provision and integration of hydro-meteorological data collected in Canton Ticino (Switzerland). istSOS is entirely written in Python.

[[Image:logo-uDig.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/moovida/jgrasstools/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-2014 '''JGrasstools''' and '''uDig''' SoC Ideas]: User-friendly Desktop GIS ([http://udig.github.io/ uDig]) is a Java application written with the Eclipse RCP framework. The project has a community svn area to host student plug-ins, tutorials cover how to package up a custom application to show off your work.



[[Image:Logo-cartaro.png|60px|right]]
* [https://groups.drupal.org/node/407408 '''Cartaro''' Ideas]: [http://cartaro.org Cartaro] provides geospatial functionality and web services within the Drupal Content Management System (CMS). It is builds upon robust Open Source components: the PostGIS database, GeoServer and GeoWebCache web services, OpenLayers maps in the browser, all managed from within the powerful Drupal CMS.

[[Image:Logo-geonode.png|60px|right]]
* [https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-2014 '''GeoNode''' Ideas]: [http://geonode.org/ GeoNode] is an Open Source Geospatial Content Management System: a web-based application and platform for developing Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI).
It is designed to be extended and modified, and can be integrated into existing platforms.
Is is a Python Django application, based on Open Source components such as PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers and GeoExplorer.





== Which project do I choose? ==

Most of the software projects are available pre-built on our Live demo { DVD | USB stick | VirtualMachine } with project overviews and short tutorials where you can try everything out.
: View the documents and download the ISO from http://live.osgeo.org
[[File:Osgeolive wordle.png|400px|center]]

== How to get in contact via mailing lists ==

Since OSGeo is an umbrella organisation for multiple projects, each project has their own discussion and development mailing lists.

'''Main OSGeo mailing lists of interest to students:'''
: Please start here, when contacting us for the first time with questions about Google Summer of Code.

:* OSGeo SoC Mentors and Students - soc@lists.osgeo.org (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc)
:* OSGeo Wide Discussion List - discuss@lists.osgeo.org (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss)

Also see the [[Mailing Lists]] page for project specific lists, as well as the longer list at http://lists.osgeo.org.

== How to get in contact via IRC ==

Primary channel:

* irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo (Web based [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi IRC client], [http://webchat.freenode.net alternative])

GSoC @ OSGeo inter-project discussions:

* irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-soc

Project irc channels:

* irc://irc.freenode.net/#gdal
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#geoserver
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#geotools
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#grass
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#gvsig
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#mapguide
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#mapnik
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#mapserver
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#openlayers
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#opticks
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeolive
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#ossimplanet
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#pgrouting-project
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#postgis
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#qgis
* irc://irc.freenode.net/#udig
* irc://irc.oftc.net/#osm-dev

== Application questions we'll ask you ==
'''''[Provisional]'''''

* All questions must be answered, ''no exceptions''. Treat this as something between a formal job application and a scholarship application, because that's exactly what it is.

Name:

Country:

School and degree:

Email:

Phone:

OSGeo project(s):

Title:
(please include the name of the member project as part of
the title, for example: "Gee Whiz Foobar 2001 for QGIS")

Describe your idea
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. The idea
4. Project plan ('''detailed timeline''': how do you plan to spend your summer?)
5. Future ideas / How can your idea be expanded?

Explain how your SoC task would benefit the OSGeo member
project and more generally the OSGeo Foundation as a whole:

Please provide details of general computing experience:
(operating systems you use on a day-to-day basis, languages you
could write a program in, hardware, networking experience, etc.)

Please provide details of previous GIS experience:

Please provide details of any previous involvement with
GIS programming and other software programming:

Please tell us why you are interested in GIS and open
source software:

Please tell us why you are interested in working for OSGeo
and the software project you have selected:

Please tell us why you are interested in your specific
coding project:

Would your application contribute to your ongoing studies/
degree? If so, how?

Please explain how you intend to continue being an active
member of your project and/or OSGeo AFTER the summer is over:

Do you understand this is a serious commitment, equivalent
to a full-time paid summer internship or summer job?

Do you have any known time conflicts during the official coding
period? (May 19 to August 18)

== What to expect during the summer ==

* A group of past GSoC students, mentors, and Googlers have prepared this short book just for you:
: [http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/02/flip-bits-not-burgers-student-guide.html Flip bits not Burgers: The Student's Guide to the Summer of Code] -- READ THIS eBOOK

=== Be prepared to be in constant communication with your mentors and project ===

You and your mentors will decide on the specifics, but we will expect you and your mentor to communicate *a lot*. Part of the idea of SoC is to integrate you into the developer community, so you should get involved with them from the start. The more you communicate the easier it will be. Don't be afraid that the mentors will request your phone number. It is only to make sure that we can reach you in case of problems, like making sure you get paid.

University exams and semester terms vary widely, if we know ''in advance'' that you need a week off to study, or that you've already scheduled a short vacation to somewhere off the grid, that's fine and won't count against you. But you need to ''communicate'' this up front so we can make a plan to work around it.

=== Weekly reports ===

Yes, every week we expect to see a report posted to the soc@osgeo mailing list that at least answers the following questions:

# What did you get done this week?
# What do you plan on doing next week?
# Are you blocked on anything?

These questions BTW are the same as are used in real-work, when developing with the
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development) Scrum] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development development process]. ;)

If you want, feel free to write *more*. But three sentences is the bare minimum. *IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEND YOUR PROGRESS REPORTS ON TIME*, if you don't send this email your mentors will start to get twitchy, and *especially* if they don't get any responses to their emails / don't see you in IRC. Twitchy mentors is not what we want. If you are blocked by finals, that's cool. We have all studied at some point, just tell us about it up front, be honest, and we'll work around it. If you don't know how to proceed and your mentor isn't answering *definitely* tell about it. The SoC project admins will always be available. Basically the point is that you open up the communication channels, and keep them open. That way you will have a super summer, and get paid ;)

Last year this weekly report proved to be very popular among the students and mentors alike, so we will keep it up.

=== Wiki page and blogs ===

In addition to weekly reports we require you to maintain a wiki or blog page for your project. You should store your weekly reports there and add other information, like how to compile and test your program. If applicable add screenshots and other nice info.

Wiki and/or blog space can and will be provided by OSGeo if your project doesn't have anything already set up for this.

We plan to link all of the students' blogs to the [http://planet.osgeo.org OSGeo Planet] blog aggregator for maximum community exposure and hopefully early feedback from the experts who read it, which may save you a lot of time and trouble if, for example, some obscure wheel has already been invented by another partner project.

Final reports from those blogs and wiki pages will be collected into a OSGeoofcode posting about what everyone did during the summer, ensuring you long lasting fame and fortune. (''Or failing that, a bit of public press, a bit of cash from Google, and a lot of gratitude and kudos from us, your peers.'')

[Back to [[Google Summer of Code 2014]] @ OSGeo]
[[Category: Google Summer of Code]]

Vienna Code Sprint 2014

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Capooti: /* Participants */

'''Gold Sponsors'''

TBA

'''Silver Sponsors'''

TBA

'''Bronze Sponsors'''

[http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute metaspatial Institute] [[Image:Logo-metaspatial.png|260px|metaspatial Institut|link=http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute]]

'''Venue Sponsor'''

[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html City of Vienna, MA 14] [[Image:Logo-City-of-Vienna.png|260px|City of Vienna MA 14|link=http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html]]

'''Other/in-kind sponsors'''

[http://eox.at EOX] [[Image:Logo-EOX.png|120px|EOX IT Services GmbH|link=http://eox.at]]

== Purpose ==

Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial
problems (as done last year at the [[Boston Code Sprint 2013]] and previous
years: [[IslandWood Code Sprint 2012|Island Wood]] (2012),
[[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011),
[[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and
[[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009)). This code sprint is targeting
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS,
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course,
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.

== Venue ==

The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 30 sprinters in [http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik.aspx?lang=de-AT&bookmark=zHClRv95TUbsTHFEFcAeRO5RphlRnHnkur2pH4Oprw-b-b&bmadr=25723751 their very new office called STAR 22].

The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.

== Dates and Times ==

March 24-28 2014

Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin

Duration: Full week (TBD)

== Agenda ==

TBD

== Hotel ==

A hotel block is planned to be negotiated. Details will be provided here.

== Costs ==

Participants should plan for the following costs:

* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)

== Project Plans ==

TBD

== Communication ==

* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net

== Participants ==

We are planning for attendance of 20-30. Please add your name and the projects
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as
any special needs.

# [[User:schpidi|Stephan Meissl]] - MapServer - Definite - No special needs
# [[User:ahocevar|Andreas Hocevar]] - OpenLayers - Definite -
# [[User:pwramsey3|Paul Ramsey]] - PostGIS - Very Likely
# [[User:msmitherdc|Michael Smith]] - PDAL/MapServer - Very Likely
# [[Jeff McKenna]] - MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw - Very Likely
# [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] - MapServer, GDAL/OGR - Very Likely
# [[User:hobu|Howard Butler]] - MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL - Very Likely
# Olivier Courtin - PostGIS, TinyOWS - Very Likely
# [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] - GRASS GIS - Very Likely
# [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] - GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR - Very Likely
# [[User:TBonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] - MapServer - Very Likely
# [[User:Szekerest|Tamas Szekeres]] - MapServer, GDAL/OGR - Very Likely
# [[User:Mloskot|Mateusz Loskot]] - PDAL - Likely
# [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] - QGIS - Possible
# [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] - GRASS GIS - Likely
# [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] - pycsw, OTB, ZOO-Project - Likely
# [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]] - GRASS GIS/QGIS - Likely
# [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]] - PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers) - Likely
# [[User:Jesus|Jorge de Jesus]] - PyWPS/REST/GeoPython - Likely
# [[User:atrawog| Andreas Trawoeger]] - GRASS GIS - Very Likely
# [[User:ortelius| Jeffrey Johnson]] - GeoNode/ GeoPython - Very Likely
# [[User:pacesm| Martin Paces]] - EOxServer - Very Likely
# [[User:fschindler| Fabian Schindler]] - EOxServer/MapServer - Definite
# [[User:Djay|Gérald Fenoy]] - MapServer, ZOO-Project - Likely
# Marco Hugentobler - QGIS - Very Likely
# Mathias Walker - QGIS - Very Likely
# [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] - QGIS, GDAL/OGR - Likely
# [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] - GeoNode/QGIS - Very Likely

== Individual Preparation ==

* Bring your own computer
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible

== FAQ ==

* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

== Social Activities ==

TBD

== Sponsors ==

If you're interested or have any questions please have a look at our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org website] particularly our [http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/sponsoring.html sponsorship opportunities].

=== 2014 Sponsors ===
==== Gold ====
TBA
==== Silver ====
TBA
==== Bronze ====
[http://metaspatial.net metaspatial]
==== Venue Sponsor ====
[http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/ict/index.html City of Vienna, MA 14]
====Other/in-kind sponsors====
[http://eox.at EOX IT Services GmbH]

== Budget ==

TBD

[[Category:Code Sprints]]
[[Category:C Tribe Code Sprint]]

User:Capooti

2013-09-13T17:59:08Z

Capooti:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Paolo_Corti

I have been working in the GIS field since having completed my studies in Environmental Engineering in 1998. After working for Esri until 2002, I have switched to open source software, and I have been working for organizations such as EU Joint Research Center, UN World Food Programme and the Italian Government.

I have extensive experience both as a GIS analyst and as a GIS developer, and currently I am working within the GeoNode project.

github: https://github.com/capooti

web: http://www.paolocorti.net

twitter: @capooti

2011-04-20T21:48:50Z

Capooti:

Paolo Corti

2011-04-20T21:39:49Z

Capooti: /* Contact */

2009-11-23T22:39:57Z

Capooti: New page: "http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Paolo_Corti"

"http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Paolo_Corti"

Paolo Corti

2009-11-23T22:39:05Z

Capooti: New page: Paolo Corti's Page

Paolo Corti's Page