Hi Akanksha, As far as I know, the DSF looks for GSoC proposals to work *on* Django, not *with* Django.
While there’s definitely some merit in your idea, I don’t think it would qualify as a Django GSoC. -- Aymeric. On 10 janv. 2014, at 19:07, Akanksha Shrivastava <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone! > I am currently working on this project of mine and was looking forward for > your feedback. I am looking forward to present this idea as my idea for > Google Summer Of Code, and I am really looking forward to join this community > and contribute whatever I can for this community. > > They say change is inevitable. The nature has its own path, it hears no one > and follows no one. It is unbiased to all and has been the most furious of > all the changes. The very sudden changes in nature lead to what we call > calamity or disaster. Our priority at such a time is to pray for safety of > the lives and work as hard as we can for the very same. However, we always > wonder what if we had even a little idea about what was about to happen. And > if not the magical time machine then at least time to reach up to this > information should have been early. For the most uncertain and unpredictable > events of life like these, I would like to present to you my idea. > > Project-A website integrated mobile app which traces a person all the time > continuously and as soon as any calamity occurs, alerts the website within > minutes, thus, allowing us to take action in a quick and swift manner. This > may be highly beneficial in saving lives by expanding our time interval to > respond and react. The location can be integrated by google maps or google > earth, while the mobile app can be integrated with the website containing the > database of people, whose current status of nature of environment will be in > constant scanning under this project. > > Area of Application-This idea can be implemented at places where there is a > very high risk of calamity like Japan (people residing there) and at places > where travelers may be affected, like a train (people travelling) accidents > or any such unfortunate event. > This app is highly useful at places where calamity strikes and we search out > for either newspapers or media for information regarding the very same. > However, we still remain uncertain regarding our family or friend as we only > get the idea of the situation of the place and of the incident that has taken > place. Not only we will be in touch with our near and dear once, but we will > also be informed about the calamity and may reach out to as many people and > as soon as possible. This app is highly beneficial not only for safety of our > near and dear ones but also gives us a chance to prove humanity. This is a > simple app which does not require millions of buttons selections, neither it > involves to confuse people by weird and annoying passwords, especially at the > time of calamity who could afford to type passwords and choose from list of > buttons instead of saving his or her life. This is a disaster management > technique which will ensure people that their families or any close person > has the idea that he or she is in danger or trouble, so one can respond to > the very same as soon as one can think of. One knows the value of human life > today, and this will help us to save plenty of such lives. > > Past cases-This project could have been implemented in the most unfortunate > cases of tsunami and earthquakes which created a massive life loss, whereas > it could also have been used for train accidents and airplane crashes. There > are plenty of cases in the world which signify the power of mother earth, and > these are the only things which are not controlled by human beings yet. This > app gives us a chance to prove that we can at least try our level best to > keep track of such mishaps. > > > Success criteria-This project will ensure faster disaster recovery and > disaster management in every country. > One looks up to a source of information regarding their close ones, we > provide them very same and in shorter span of time. > We will be alerted of any mishap much before the usual timing. > > Technology involved-In this project, we have made an app which gets and > returns the data from the database which is placed in the website. This app > is always active with the people who are about to be affected. We get > constant alerts regarding their current state and as soon as any disaster > occurs, the person just clicks a button in the phone, it is instantly updated > on our website and in the case of emergency, there is alert which is sent to > the people close to them (whose database is already collected and stored in > the website) also, we alert as many people a little far around that area > regarding the incident and thus ask for help and recovery. The status of > people will be displayed by google earth or google map. Alerts can be sent > via phone, text or e-mail. > > Work progress-I have been working on this project since past few months. > About one fourth of the work is completed. Currently I am working on how to > integrate google map with the phone app and the website. I have considered > the following stages of development of my project: > Developing the mobile app and developing a website. > Integrating the app with the website. > Integrating the google map or google earth for clearer view of the position > of the individual. > Scaling for the database and management of the same. > Integrating the database from the mobile app. > Measure the correct sending and retrieval of data. > > Conclusion-I would like to present this app from this community as I think > that this app will be a big contribution for Open-Source. And in my opinion > Django Software Foundation will be helpful towards me in presenting my idea > further and taking it to the next level by their highly acknowledged guidance > and mentoring. If given a chance by Google, I would make sure that I complete > this project in the specified time limit and make the Django Community proud > of this project. I would make sure that the community does not regret the > decision of selecting my project and will make sure that I work very hard to > complete the same with guidance from you. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/5ab62601-53e7-4f11-bbf2-223c72f78509%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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