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 Mentors from the Google Wiki: http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors
Timeline
- March 3rd: Project applications will be accepted
- March 17th: OSGeo has been accepted as a Google Summer of Code 2008 Mentoring Organization!
- March 24th: Student applications
Project Ideas Lists
Please link project specific proposed projects here:
- GDAL SoC Ideas
- GRASS SoC Ideas
- Mapbender SoC ideas 2008
- OpenLayers & Mapbuilder SoC Ideas
- Quantum GIS SoC Ideas
- MapServer 2008 SOC Ideas
- Laval University/CamptoCamp 2008 SoC ideas
- GeoServer SoC 2008
- GeoTools SoC 2008
- uDig SoC 2008
these need updating!
The "Student Landing Page" is Google Summer of Code Ideas.
Documents
How to register as a mentor
- Add your name, and google account information to the mentor list in the Wiki (or get your project leader to do that for you)
- Login to your Google Account.
- Start registration by reviewing and accepting the Google program Terms of Service.
- Once you have accepted the Terms of Service, you should automatically be redirected to the mentor dashboard.
- Click on the "My Profile" link[5] in the left hand navigation menu. Please update your personal information.
- At the bottom of the profile page, there will be a list of all organizations accepted into the program. Click the checkbox next to OSGeo and submit by clicking the "Become a Mentor" button.
- Subscribe to the OSGeo SoC mailinglist
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.