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== Google Maps and Google Earth as a WMS server with Mapserver/Mapscript ==
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== Support for reading SVG symbols ==
  
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Add support for SVG as an alternate method to define vector symbols in a MapServer symbolset.
  
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==== Mentor ====
  
== Add support for KML output to MapServer (for use with Google Earth) ==
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This would involve the creation of a new vector output format driver to generate KML output. This should be made available as a regular OUTPUTFORMAT usable by the mapserv CGI, the WMS interface, and MapScript.
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== Other Ideas: ==
  
Note: There is a small possibility that some organizations in need of this feature might decide to fund it in the spring.
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The following MapServer-dev thread outlines a few possible ideas, without providing much details:
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[[http://www.nabble.com/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-tf3370598.html http://www.nabble.com/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-tf3370598.html]]
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== REMOVED ideas: ==
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==== Add support for KML output to MapServer (for use with Google Earth) ====
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IMPORTANT: KML output in MapServer used to be on the list of ideas but is needed in MapServer 5.0 by an organization that will likely fund it before the summer (before 5.0), so it has been taken out of the list.
  
==== Mentor ====
 
  
Daniel Morissette
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[[Category:Google Summer of Code]]
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[[Category:MapServer]]

Latest revision as of 10:52, 2 September 2022

Enter ideas for development projects here...

Support for reading SVG symbols

Add support for SVG as an alternate method to define vector symbols in a MapServer symbolset.

Mentor

?

Other Ideas:

The following MapServer-dev thread outlines a few possible ideas, without providing much details: [http://www.nabble.com/Google-Summer-of-Code-Ideas-tf3370598.html]

REMOVED ideas:

Add support for KML output to MapServer (for use with Google Earth)

IMPORTANT: KML output in MapServer used to be on the list of ideas but is needed in MapServer 5.0 by an organization that will likely fund it before the summer (before 5.0), so it has been taken out of the list.