Jorge Arévalo wrote: > The entire process could be improved by several ways: > > - I would like to have an enhaced PNG driver, to reduce the size of the > tiles. For this reason, I had a theoretical approach to NeuQuant > algorithm and I used pngnq. I discovered the relation between this > algorithm and Kohonen Neural Networks, that I studied during my degree, > and I liked a lot. Basically, for these reasons I'm interested in the > project about PNG Driver
Nice idea. > - On one hand, at first I was using raster data, instead of vector data. > When the need of merging data arose, I had to change the point and use > vector data + Postgis. On the other hand, I would like to integrate my > layer to another ones in a bigger context, and I think that the raster > support on Postgis will be a really useful thing. For these reasons, I'm > interested in the project about WKT Raster. Good. > - Before using gdal2tiles, I made my own "map tiler", creating the tiles > needed "on-the-fly". As thought, it didn't work. I tried to use my own > "tile cache system". One problem was the low rate of cache hints. Then, > I discovered the WMS standard, and recently, the coming WMTS standard, > even better. For this reason, I'm interested in the project about WMTS > implementation. Good as well. > Now, this is my "minimum schedule". This is, the minimum amount of time > that I can use this summer. With high probability, I will be able to use > more time, but I prefer to put myself in the worst situation: > > May 23 - June 30: 22h per week (total 118h) > July 1 - July 31: 45h per week (total 207h) > August 1 - August 10: 22h per week (total 26h) It should be more than enough. > Finally, I have experience with C, C++, Java and Python languages. My > favourite one is C. I made the most of my practice work during degree in C. Good. > Do you think, with this provisional schedule in mind, that I can apply > for one of the projects? Yes, I'm sure you are able to do it. > If not, would it be possible to find a mentor for one of them? > Without paying and GSoC deadlines, of course. I'm sure you can try, it won't hurt :-) Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev