Steve, Thank you for putting together such a detailed proposal so early in the process. Please do add a summary of the proposal to the wiki, as there is only a very small section on potential mobile application development in it.
For yours, and other potential students' benefit, please note that the actual application process (which does need the level of detail you include here!) is via the Google Summer of Code web site (once the application period opens on 29 March) - you do not apply directly to the organisation - Just to make sure you know! There has been some discussion about android mapping tools on the OSM talk mailing list over the last month or so - it could be worth checking through the archives to see if you have picked up issues raised there. Regards Graham. On 16 March 2010 01:42, steve brown <st...@evolvedlight.co.uk> wrote: > Hey > > As promised, here is my proposal: > > Name: Stephen Brown > Emails: st...@evolvedlight.co.uk, s.brown...@warwick.ac.uk > Websites/blog/OSM user page: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/evolvedlight > > > List of Languages known(please rate strength in the scale of 10): > Rails 7/10, worked for two summers at a housing management solutions > company that was rebuilding their flagship application in Rails. Personal > projects such as youthweekends.com also use ruby on rails. > Java 9/10, uni course specialises in Java, 3rd year project in java, > developer for OpenSatNav, java again. > C#: 6/10 (lack of much .Net experience), Second year project in C#, as well > as personal interest. Submitted small patches to Tasque, in Mono .Net > PHP, 6/10, used it for some websites a while ago. Submitted a small patch > to Moodle a year ago. A bit rusty now. > Javascript: 7/10, used for most websites I've worked on. I'm familiar with > jQuery and scriptaculous. > C, C++ both around 5/10. A little experience, but nothing special > > OSM Project Proposal and Schedule: > My proposal comes in the form of several medium size enhancements to > OpenSatNav. These will take OpenSatNav from a semi-useful tool to a solution > not far from commercial equivalents. I want to work on: > Much more reliable trace recording tools, including voice and picture > notes. This will take about a week, as much of the work is already done by > osmtracker and opensatnav. > Add in support for alternative online routers other than yournavigation. > This will take less than a week, and will allow for the next point: > Turn-by-turn driving directions. This is the larger task, and will bring it > much closer to the standard set by AndNav and other satnav products. This > will include text to speech, using the standard android libraries if using > Android 2.0+, or the TTS download from the marketplace. I estimate that this > will take 3 weeks for the basic visual view, and algorithms to detect moving > off route and moving past a step in the journey, and another 2 weeks to get > the TTS implemented, including intelligent TTS when there are several > instructions close together in a route. > POI search around a place (choose a destination, then search for POIs near > it such as pubs or atms, using the Nominatum geocoder). This will take about > a week. > Finally, there are two features that will be actually innovative: > A widget view, so that someone can leave the application closed, but still > see driving directions in a 2x2 android widget, and thus change music or > other tasks without loosing view of the driving directions. This will take > another week. > Driving directions to the status bar when the application is minimised: > driving directions will be posted as notifications, so even if someone is in > a call, they will still be able to see where to go. This will take about a > week (could be done much more quickly, but will take a week to get perfect) > These together form my proposal, and should approximately fit the length of > the summer of code coding period. > > A couple of people have mentioned to me the strain on battery life when > using OpenSatNav. This is something I will continue to work on outside of > the GSoC proposal, as it is a more ongoing effort than a verifiable project, > and is something I'm going to look at before this summer. Other suggestions > will of course be welcomed. > > Currently involved in: > I'm an Android developer by hobby and a developer for OpenSatNav (not quite > yet released, but many people are using the development releases we > publish). I have been mostly working on the trace recording tools, which > then can upload directly to OSM without plugging the phone in anywhere. I > gain a great deal of satisfaction when I see people actually using something > I have worked upon, so you can be sure that if I am accepted for GSoC 2010 > that I won't just complete the summer and drop something into SVN. > > My 3rd year project is an Augmented Reality Satnav that uses OSM (and the > freemap api tile server currently) and that runs on Android. It's not quite > finished yet, but hopefully will be integrated into OpenSatNav. > > I'm also a OpenSatNav data contributor, and have worked on some rivers, > paths near rivers, Wokingham (a town in Berkshire), Warwick University, and > Leamington Spa (a town in Warwickshire) > > Handling situations: > I work well when self-governed by defined deliverables and targets, and > when I think something is going to be used by other people. The project > manager for OpenSatNav is another potential mentor - while unable to code > himself, puts a good deal of work into project co-ordination. > Through my experience of working on other projects I know how to solve > problems myself, and know how to look things up to expand my knowledge. > > Hobbies/Interests: > I'm a keen whitewater kayaker and do alot of that in the colder months (in > summer the UK dries up and kayaking season stops). I'm the secretary of the > canoe club at the university, and also help manage the website. OSM is > another interest - I prefer outdoor mapping using OpenSatNav but have > dabbled a bit with armchair mapping in the snowy months we've had this year. > I'm also into climbing, swimming and cycling, and use these to keep myself > fit. > > I enjoy contributing to open source projects and have done a little for > quite a few, spanning a few languages. I'm also a Christadelphian, so am > involved in Church activities from time to time. > > Altogether, I hope my proposal shows my huge interest in OpenStreetMap. > OpenSatNav has been something I've put a good deal of work into and I would > love to be able to continue that work full-time this summer. If you do > accept my proposal, you can be assured some very visible results at the end > of the summer! > > I'm also putting this on the GSoC/2010 wiki, and very much welcome > comments, requests or critism. > > Steve Brown > > On 13 March 2010 20:50, Graham Jones <grahamjones...@googlemail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks Steve, >> I look forward to seeing your proposal. Especially if it is to do with >> opensatnav - I am using that at the moment! >> Seems to eat batteries if you do GPS trace logging, which is a bit of a >> surprise - I suspect it must not be sleeping very much in that loop, but >> haven't checked! >> >> Graham. >> >> >> On 12 March 2010 01:23, steve brown <st...@evolvedlight.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Hey >>> >>> I'd like to say a quick hello! I've been involved with OSM as a data >>> contributor for a while (about a year and a half) and a developer for an >>> Android OSM SatNav for half a year or so. >>> With my background and experience (and love) for OSM I'm hoping to >>> participate this year in google summer of code, hopefully working on further >>> features and versions of the Android application (opensatnav.org). I've >>> seen that last year a participant developed an android client, but it seems >>> to have stagnated in the SVN - I'm quite against just leaving things like >>> that so whatever I do, you can be sure that it'll go live and keep being >>> worked upon. My 3rd year project at Warwick University is also further >>> enhancements to OpenSatNav, so I'm going to be contributing GSOC or not, but >>> if I do get on the programme I will have plenty more time to spend even more >>> good stuff. >>> >>> Anyway, I'll post my proposal up tomorrow after I've worked on it a >>> little more. I've been watching the dev mailing list and the wiki page for a >>> few weeks now, and would like to say a quick thankyou to Graham Jones - it >>> looks like you've put alot of work into the proposal! Hopefully it will pay >>> off and get some quality software developed by people (like me?) >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> 2010/3/11 jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com >>> > >>> >>>> That is a great idea. >>>> What about making video as well, on how to use OSM/JOSM/Potlatch how to >>>> get started. Video Screencasts? >>>> mike >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Peteris Krisjanis >>>> <pec...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> For one of OSM GSoC'10 projects I would like to suggest "unofficial >>>>> guide" for mapping. We all know that there is a little haos in tagging >>>>> (some says it's good, some says it bad), but so far biggest confusion >>>>> comes from not how to tag things, but how to tag complex situations or >>>>> how to even map complex situations (and that's without even taking >>>>> micro mapping into account). >>>>> >>>>> What we need is nice guide where is said - basic roads are maped like >>>>> this, crossroads created this way, this must be connected with that, >>>>> etc. It would also create a nice little base for futher experiments >>>>> and ideas. There's nothing wrong with seeking out alternative tags or >>>>> ways of mapping, but this at least should be documented somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> More or less everyone who would take this task would have to go trough >>>>> all archives, look for discusions and conlusions (and even if there is >>>>> no conlusion, writing down all sane opinions would help greatly) and >>>>> write it down in casual user manual style. >>>>> >>>>> Just a idea, but I think worth to explore, >>>>> cheers, >>>>> Peter. >>>>> >>>>> 2010/3/11 Graham Jones <grahamjones...@googlemail.com>: >>>>> >>>>> > Mike. >>>>> > Thank you for your suggestion. >>>>> > I do not know where the apache licence ref comes from. This year's >>>>> > application says GPL with a note saying some is PD. >>>>> > >>>>> > Graham >>>>> > >>>>> > On Mar 11, 2010 7:36 AM, "jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com" >>>>> > <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > My GSOC suggestion : >>>>> > >>>>> > Get the potlatch running without any Adobe software, use gnash. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Project_Ideas_2010#Porting_of_Potlatch_to_use_FLOSS_tools_and_viewer >>>>> > >>>>> > Also why does google list OSM as being apache licensed? >>>>> > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/streetmap/about.html >>>>> > Preferred license: Apache License, 2.0 >>>>> > Since when? >>>>> > >>>>> > I am putting all my new code under the affero GPL 3.0. >>>>> > >>>>> > mike >>>>> > >>>>> > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Rajan Vaish <vaish.ra...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >> > Thanks Graham, > >... >>>>> > >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > talk mailing list >>>>> > t...@openstreetmap.org >>>>> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> mortigi tempo >>>>> Pēteris Krišjānis >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dev mailing list >>>> dev@openstreetmap.org >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev mailing list >>> dev@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Graham Jones >> Hartlepool, UK >> email: grahamjones...@gmail.com >> > > -- Dr. Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK email: grahamjones...@gmail.com
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