Hi Adam, 2015-03-09 15:37 GMT+01:00 Adam Laža <ad.laz...@gmail.com>: > I study geoinformatics at CTU in Prague and I get interested in some of your > topics for GSoC. I have basic knowledge in C/C++ and I've already written > some code in Python for GRASS Add-Ons. > I'd like to focus on Mapnik engine, actual display drivers and graphic > outputs.
great! The proposal on the wiki [1] is somehow focused on writing alternative rendering engine for ps.map [2] which is currently used by wxGUI Cartographic Composer [3]. It would be probably a good idea also to investigate whether would be possible to write a new GRASS display driver [4] based on Mapnik libraries. In other words replacement for Cairo [5] driver focused on cartographic outputs. Such driver would be written in C and would require C-API for Mapnik, I found something on [6], but I am not sure if it would be possible to use. Martin [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2015#MapnikrenderingengineforGRASSGIS [2] http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/ps.map.html [3] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WxGUI_Cartographic_Composer [4] http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/displaydrivers.html [5] http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/cairodriver.html [6] https://github.com/springmeyer/mapnik-c-api -- Martin Landa http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Landa http://gismentors.cz/mentors/landa _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev