Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas

2012-03-27 Thread Victor Olaya
Anne

I did register at Melange, following all the steps in that link that
you sent. Maybe there is a bit of delay?? If it is not working, tell
me and I will register again (if i can do it...)

Regards

El día 27 de marzo de 2012 10:12, Anne Ghisla  escribió:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:45:38 +0200
> Victor Olaya  wrote:
>
>> Paolo
>>
>> I have just registered as mentor and sent a small mesage to the GSoC
>> OSGeo. If there is any other thing I can do, just tell me.
>
> Hi Victor,
>
> did you register on Melange? I don't see your request for mentoring
> there, and it's a mandatory step for GSoC participation. See here for
> instructions:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012_Administrative#How_to_register_as_a_mentor
>
>> I am a bit busy this week, and stil wnat to work on SEXTANTE to
>> release is ASAP, but the idea of participating in GSoC sounds great to
>> me :))
>
> Great! Welcome aboard, and enjoy GSoC :)
>
> Anne
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas

2012-03-27 Thread Anne Ghisla
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:45:38 +0200
Victor Olaya  wrote:

> Paolo
> 
> I have just registered as mentor and sent a small mesage to the GSoC
> OSGeo. If there is any other thing I can do, just tell me.

Hi Victor,

did you register on Melange? I don't see your request for mentoring
there, and it's a mandatory step for GSoC participation. See here for
instructions:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012_Administrative#How_to_register_as_a_mentor

> I am a bit busy this week, and stil wnat to work on SEXTANTE to
> release is ASAP, but the idea of participating in GSoC sounds great to
> me :))

Great! Welcome aboard, and enjoy GSoC :)

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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas

2012-03-27 Thread Victor Olaya
Paolo

I have just registered as mentor and sent a small mesage to the GSoC
OSGeo. If there is any other thing I can do, just tell me.

I am a bit busy this week, and stil wnat to work on SEXTANTE to
release is ASAP, but the idea of participating in GSoC sounds great to
me :))

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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas

2012-03-27 Thread Paolo Cavallini

Il 27/03/2012 00:45, Martin Dobias ha scritto:


I am not sure whether to keep the processing framework ideas given the
recent news about sextante port to QGIS being in works... anyone has
an opinion on that?


Hi Martin.
I think it is really important and urgent to analyze the issue, an take a 
decision.
Could anybody inspect the code, and help us taking an informed decision?
Of course, having com-mentored Camilo's work, I'm a bit partial in keeping on the 
good work on the Processing Framework, but sextante seems a more mature solution.
On the other hand, analytical tools receive typically less attention (i.e. funding) 
than other tools of more general use, so it may be dangerous to try and keep both 
approaches, as we can run short of manpower.

Camilo, would you be interested in applying for sextante, bringing your 
experience in?
Victor, could you add quickly your proposal for sextante?
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Dobias
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Zirneklitis  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The idea "All-in-one Projects" is not the best one. The main issues:
>
> 1. Licensing of the included maps.

It is up to user how he/she will handle licensing. Please note that
all-in-one projects would basically do the same thing what users
already manually do (e.g. when providing data for bug reports), the
only difference is that it would be automatic.

> 2. Use of the web services.

What particular issues do you see here? Layers from web services could
be either just linked (not included) or when it is easy to download
the data then they could be included.

> 3. Huge data files.

This is up to common sense of the users.

Regards
Martin
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RE: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas

2012-03-26 Thread Nathan Woodrow
Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Zirneklitis
Sent: 27/03/2012 2:21 PM
To: qgis-dev
Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas
Hi,

The idea "All-in-one Projects" is not the best one. The main issues:

1. Licensing of the included maps.
2. Use of the web services.
3. Huge data files.

Best regards,
Karlis

Martin Dobias wrote:
> ..
> since this year's GSoC has just opened for student applications, I
> have taken the liberty to add some more ideas and reorganize our page
> with ideas [1]. ..
> ..
> [1] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
>..
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC Ideas

2012-03-26 Thread Zirneklitis

Hi,

The idea "All-in-one Projects" is not the best one. The main issues:

1. Licensing of the included maps.
2. Use of the web services.
3. Huge data files.

Best regards,
Karlis

Martin Dobias wrote:

..
since this year's GSoC has just opened for student applications, I
have taken the liberty to add some more ideas and reorganize our page
with ideas [1]. ..
..
[1] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
..

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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-27 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 21/02/2012 16:03, Alexander Bruy ha scritto:
> Hi all,
> 
> Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as far as
> I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I started
> wiki page for collecting ideas [0]
> 
> Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for ideas too
> 
> [0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
> 
Added my ideas. Feel free to add and improve.
Thanks.

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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-27 Thread Martin Dobias
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Nathan Woodrow  wrote:
>> Hmm... If I remember correctly, when Processing Framework project
>> was started we also have discussion which language to use Python or
>> C++. And decision was to use Python...
>
>
> I think the goal was to use Python to get the design fleshed out and
> running, with the idea to port it to C++ in the future.

That's right. Personally I find it much easier to prototype API in
Python and then move it to C++. Like this it is possible save a lot of
development time when designing and doing lots of modifications in API
- typing, compiling, fixing compilation errors, synchronizing .h and
.cpp files etc.

Martin
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-27 Thread Nathan Woodrow
>
> Hmm... If I remember correctly, when Processing Framework project
> was started we also have discussion which language to use Python or
> C++. And decision was to use Python...


I think the goal was to use Python to get the design fleshed out and
running, with the idea to port it to C++ in the future.

- Nathan
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-27 Thread Alexander Bruy
Hi,

2012/2/27 Martin Dobias :
> fTools should probably experience some core/gui decoupling first - I
> remember the individual tools contained a mixture of algorithm logic
> and gui stuff handling (progress bar etc). After that, the tools
> should ideally implement a common interface, to allow easy running of
> the tools from API (instead of having to use slightly different calls
> for each tool).
As I can see some algorithms already ported to C++, see QgsGeometryAnalyzer
class. But currently this implementation don't uses threads and memory
layers.

> For that we need a simple processing framework -
> during last year's GSoC such framework has been developed as a side
> effect - but it still lacks various important things such as: show job
> progress, cancel running job or asynchronous job execution. Therefore
> a summer project could involve adding missing functionality, porting
> from python to c++ for inclusion in qgis_analysis library and possibly
> adding few modules from fTools to demonstrate the capabilities.
Hmm... If I remember correctly, when Processing Framework project
was started we also have discussion which language to use Python or
C++. And decision was to use Python...

Anyway, I agree that porting fTools to analysis lib with or without processing
framework will be great.

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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-27 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 26/02/2012 23:20, Martin Dobias ha scritto:

> a summer project could involve adding missing functionality, porting
> from python to c++ for inclusion in qgis_analysis library and possibly
> adding few modules from fTools to demonstrate the capabilities.

+1; thanks Martin for your thoughts.
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-26 Thread Martin Dobias
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Nathan Woodrow  wrote:
> I'm a +1 to Alisters ideas.  I think it would be good to have a full suite
> of tools for manipulating vector objects and layers.  These tools should be
> ports of fTools to C++ and live in the analysis lib so that they can be used
> in C++, Python and UI (Carson and I have talked about this before).
>
> I think this project would be good as it is tightly scoped and would be easy
> to mange in chunks. Merging would also be easy, even merging as the project
> moves along as each tool is independent.

Nathan,

fTools should probably experience some core/gui decoupling first - I
remember the individual tools contained a mixture of algorithm logic
and gui stuff handling (progress bar etc). After that, the tools
should ideally implement a common interface, to allow easy running of
the tools from API (instead of having to use slightly different calls
for each tool). For that we need a simple processing framework -
during last year's GSoC such framework has been developed as a side
effect - but it still lacks various important things such as: show job
progress, cancel running job or asynchronous job execution. Therefore
a summer project could involve adding missing functionality, porting
from python to c++ for inclusion in qgis_analysis library and possibly
adding few modules from fTools to demonstrate the capabilities.

Martin
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-26 Thread Martin Dobias
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:40 PM, arunthe...@gmail.com
 wrote:
>
> I am currently doing my Masters in Remote Sensing, and GIS is a integral
> part of my curriculum. So I have been working with Qgis for quite sometime
> and even have got a few things done like the heatmaps plugin. I am going to
> apply for QGIS this GSOC.

Sure, you are welcome to apply for a summer project (given that OSGeo
will be accepted and thus QGIS will participate under its umbrella).

> It would be great if people could add the ideas to the page, anyways I am
> looking at the previous years' projects also, but it seems that some things
> have been worked out. Looking for a great mentor-ship and a fruitful summer.

Keep an eye on the wiki page with ideas - I am sure that more ideas
will be coming in following weeks. Of course you are free to come up
with your own ideas for a project - at the end it is always better
when you work on something you really care about, right? :)

Regards
Martin
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-24 Thread Marco Bernasocchi

Are there students around this year?
I'd love to but I'm not allowed any more...
ciao
Marco
On 02/24/2012 06:34 PM, Marco Hugentobler wrote:

I fully agree. Porting the analysis code of fTools to the analysis lib
would be a great gsoc project.

Regards,
Marco

On 24.02.2012 08:55, Nathan Woodrow wrote:

I'm a +1 to Alisters ideas. I think it would be good to have a full
suite of tools for manipulating vector objects and layers. These tools
should be ports of fTools to C++ and live in the analysis lib so that
they can be used in C++, Python and UI (Carson and I have talked about
this before).

I think this project would be good as it is tightly scoped and would
be easy to mange in chunks. Merging would also be easy, even merging
as the project moves along as each tool is independent.

Would should be careful not to start a GSoC project that is too large,
has wide scope, vague goals, or is to hard to mange in a summer.

- Nathan


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Alister Hood
mailto:alister.h...@synergine.com>> wrote:

Something that has been mentioned by a few people, and would
probably be very popular, I described like this:

"Vector editing/geoprocessing tools or whatever they are called,
like the ones found in the Mapinfo 'Object' menu - i.e. similar to
ftools, but taking sets of selected features as inputs, instead of
whole layers."

http://woostuff.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-things-i-would-like-to-see-in-qgis-what-are-yours/
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2011-May/012041.html

Later in that second thread someone also mentioned the following;
I think other people have also made similar requests/suggestions:

"I guess implementing topology rules and visualizing the existing
errors would be a way to identify and correct problems like
polygon overlapping. It might already exist some code."

This second idea would probably require more research and thinking
about exactly what to do.

I think both these ideas are complementary, and could perhaps be
done in a single project. But I guess they are also features that
might be able to attract other sponsors - you might think it is
better to use Google money to do something which is unlikely to
get sponsorship otherwise.

Regards,
Alister


Somebody started working on a plugin similar to this (early last
year I think), but it didn't get very far.

> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:31:02 +0100
> From: jr.morre...@enoreth.net <mailto:jr.morre...@enoreth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas
> To: mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org>>
> Message-ID: mailto:ee204f37fdb370744d28a4c105369...@enoreth.net>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:15 +0200, Alexander Bruy wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as
far as
> > I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I
> > started
> > wiki page for collecting ideas [0]
> >
> > Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for
ideas too
> >
> > [0]
http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
>
> Hi,
>
> how about these projects :
>
> 1. Update and merge the multithread branch
>
> 2. QGIS, Valgrind & Co
>
> Both would get the student to put its hand in all the dark
corners of
> QGIS and both would produce a positive and visible impact.
>
> Regards,
> Jean-Roc
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-24 Thread Marco Hugentobler
I fully agree. Porting the analysis code of fTools to the analysis lib 
would be a great gsoc project.


Regards,
Marco

On 24.02.2012 08:55, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
I'm a +1 to Alisters ideas.  I think it would be good to have a full 
suite of tools for manipulating vector objects and layers.  These 
tools should be ports of fTools to C++ and live in the analysis lib so 
that they can be used in C++, Python and UI (Carson and I have talked 
about this before).


I think this project would be good as it is tightly scoped and would 
be easy to mange in chunks. Merging would also be easy, even merging 
as the project moves along as each tool is independent.


Would should be careful not to start a GSoC project that is too large, 
has wide scope, vague goals, or is to hard to mange in a summer.


- Nathan


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Alister Hood 
mailto:alister.h...@synergine.com>> wrote:


Something that has been mentioned by a few people, and would
probably be very popular, I described like this:

"Vector editing/geoprocessing tools or whatever they are called,
like the ones found in the Mapinfo 'Object' menu - i.e. similar to
ftools, but taking sets of selected features as inputs, instead of
whole layers."

http://woostuff.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-things-i-would-like-to-see-in-qgis-what-are-yours/
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2011-May/012041.html

Later in that second thread someone also mentioned the following;
I think other people have also made similar requests/suggestions:

"I guess implementing topology rules and visualizing the existing
errors would be a way to identify and correct problems like
polygon overlapping.  It might already exist some code."

This second idea would probably require more research and thinking
about exactly what to do.

I think both these ideas are complementary, and could perhaps be
done in a single project.  But I guess they are also features that
might be able to attract other sponsors - you might think it is
better to use Google money to do something which is unlikely to
get sponsorship otherwise.

Regards,
Alister


Somebody started working on a plugin similar to this (early last
year I think), but it didn't get very far.

> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:31:02 +0100
> From: jr.morre...@enoreth.net <mailto:jr.morre...@enoreth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas
> To: mailto:qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org>>
> Message-ID: mailto:ee204f37fdb370744d28a4c105369...@enoreth.net>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:15 +0200, Alexander Bruy wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as
far as
> > I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I
> > started
> > wiki page for collecting ideas [0]
> >
> > Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for
ideas too
> >
> > [0]
http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
>
> Hi,
>
> how about these projects :
>
> 1. Update and merge the multithread branch
>
> 2. QGIS, Valgrind & Co
>
> Both would get the student to put its hand in all the dark
corners of
> QGIS and both would produce a positive and visible impact.
>
> Regards,
> Jean-Roc
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-23 Thread Nathan Woodrow
I'm a +1 to Alisters ideas.  I think it would be good to have a full suite
of tools for manipulating vector objects and layers.  These tools should be
ports of fTools to C++ and live in the analysis lib so that they can be
used in C++, Python and UI (Carson and I have talked about this before).

I think this project would be good as it is tightly scoped and would be
easy to mange in chunks. Merging would also be easy, even merging as the
project moves along as each tool is independent.

Would should be careful not to start a GSoC project that is too large, has
wide scope, vague goals, or is to hard to mange in a summer.

- Nathan


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Alister Hood
wrote:

> Something that has been mentioned by a few people, and would probably be
> very popular, I described like this:
>
> "Vector editing/geoprocessing tools or whatever they are called, like the
> ones found in the Mapinfo 'Object' menu - i.e. similar to ftools, but
> taking sets of selected features as inputs, instead of whole layers."
>
> http://woostuff.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-things-i-would-like-to-see-in-qgis-what-are-yours/
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2011-May/012041.html
>
> Later in that second thread someone also mentioned the following; I think
> other people have also made similar requests/suggestions:
>
> "I guess implementing topology rules and visualizing the existing errors
> would be a way to identify and correct problems like polygon overlapping.
>  It might already exist some code."
>
> This second idea would probably require more research and thinking about
> exactly what to do.
>
> I think both these ideas are complementary, and could perhaps be done in a
> single project.  But I guess they are also features that might be able to
> attract other sponsors - you might think it is better to use Google money
> to do something which is unlikely to get sponsorship otherwise.
>
> Regards,
> Alister
>
>
> Somebody started working on a plugin similar to this (early last year I
> think), but it didn't get very far.
>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:31:02 +0100
> > From: jr.morre...@enoreth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas
> > To: 
> > Message-ID: 
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:15 +0200, Alexander Bruy wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as far as
> > > I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I
> > > started
> > > wiki page for collecting ideas [0]
> > >
> > > Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for ideas too
> > >
> > > [0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > how about these projects :
> >
> > 1. Update and merge the multithread branch
> >
> > 2. QGIS, Valgrind & Co
> >
> > Both would get the student to put its hand in all the dark corners of
> > QGIS and both would produce a positive and visible impact.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jean-Roc
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-23 Thread Alister Hood
Something that has been mentioned by a few people, and would probably be very 
popular, I described like this:

"Vector editing/geoprocessing tools or whatever they are called, like the ones 
found in the Mapinfo 'Object' menu - i.e. similar to ftools, but taking sets of 
selected features as inputs, instead of whole layers."
http://woostuff.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/the-things-i-would-like-to-see-in-qgis-what-are-yours/
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2011-May/012041.html

Later in that second thread someone also mentioned the following; I think other 
people have also made similar requests/suggestions:

"I guess implementing topology rules and visualizing the existing errors would 
be a way to identify and correct problems like polygon overlapping.  It might 
already exist some code."

This second idea would probably require more research and thinking about 
exactly what to do.  

I think both these ideas are complementary, and could perhaps be done in a 
single project.  But I guess they are also features that might be able to 
attract other sponsors - you might think it is better to use Google money to do 
something which is unlikely to get sponsorship otherwise.

Regards,
Alister


Somebody started working on a plugin similar to this (early last year I think), 
but it didn't get very far.

> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:31:02 +0100
> From: jr.morre...@enoreth.net
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas
> To: 
> Message-ID: 
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>
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:15 +0200, Alexander Bruy wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as far as
> > I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I 
> > started
> > wiki page for collecting ideas [0]
> >
> > Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for ideas too
> >
> > [0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
>
> Hi,
>
> how about these projects :
>
> 1. Update and merge the multithread branch
>
> 2. QGIS, Valgrind & Co
>
> Both would get the student to put its hand in all the dark corners of 
> QGIS and both would produce a positive and visible impact.
>
> Regards,
> Jean-Roc
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-23 Thread jr . morreale

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:15 +0200, Alexander Bruy wrote:

Hi all,

Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as far as
I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I 
started

wiki page for collecting ideas [0]

Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for ideas too

[0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012


Hi,

how about these projects :

1. Update and merge the multithread branch

2. QGIS, Valgrind & Co

Both would get the student to put its hand in all the dark corners of 
QGIS and both would produce a positive and visible impact.


Regards,
Jean-Roc
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-22 Thread arunthe...@gmail.com
Hello,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Alexander Bruy wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as far as
> I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I started
> wiki page for collecting ideas [0]
>
> Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for ideas too
>
> [0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
>

Its great that GSOC discussion is happening. I wanted to write to the list,
but was away for a work.

I am currently doing my Masters in Remote Sensing, and GIS is a integral
part of my curriculum. So I have been working with Qgis for quite sometime
and even have got a few things done like the heatmaps plugin. I am going to
apply for QGIS this GSOC.

It would be great if people could add the ideas to the page, anyways I am
looking at the previous years' projects also, but it seems that some things
have been worked out. Looking for a great mentor-ship and a fruitful summer.

-- 
Regards
Arunmozhi
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-21 Thread Martin Dobias
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Paolo Cavallini  wrote:
>
> Thanks Alex. One first thing we have to decide is whether to participate
> within the OSGeo framework. This seems a natural choice, but there are
> possible shortcomings:
> - it is possible that we'll have more chances (an higher number of accepted
> projects) running alone, due to Google priorities

I think that QGIS would not be accepted alone (it already got rejected
few years ago). Also participating with OSGeo offloads some program
administration work.

> - less motivation by mentors (they do not receive any financial incentive,
> that goes to OSGeo instead).

I hope that is something that can still be discussed within OSGeo. I
would be much happier if destination of most of the money would go to
participating project - e.g. 20% for OSGeo and the rest for QGIS
sounds like a sensible choice.

Martin
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-21 Thread Anne Ghisla
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:30:23 +0100
Paolo Cavallini  wrote:

> Il 21/02/2012 16:03, Alexander Bruy ha scritto:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as far as
> > I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I
> > started wiki page for collecting ideas [0]
> >
> > Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for ideas too
> >
> > [0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012

> Thanks Alex. One first thing we have to decide is whether to
> participate within the OSGeo framework. This seems a natural choice,
> but there are possible shortcomings:

Hello all, 

I wish to see QGIS participate this year, after many successful
editions!

Let me add some more elements for the decision:

> - it is possible that we'll have more chances (an higher number of 
> accepted projects) running alone, due to Google priorities

It is also possible that QGIS as separate organisation won't get
accepted, thus will have no students, whereas under OSGeo umbrella, one
or two students are almost certain. Well, also OSGeo could not get
accepted, but as umbrella organisations are especially welcome in
participate and OSGeo participated successfully in former editions, it
is less likely than QGIS not getting accepted.

> - less motivation by mentors (they do not receive any financial 
> incentive, that goes to OSGeo instead).

The payment for mentors in this edition of Summer of Code will be
discussed shortly. It has been a point of debate in past editions, and I
will see what can be done about it for this year.

Of course as a separate organisation QGIS will need a organisation
administrator and will be required to complete some bureaucracy on its
own. See
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#mentoring_apply
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/org_admin_agreement

> Opinions?

QGIS is fully entitled to participate to GSoC, alone or with OSGeo.
If you look for more information about org administration, feel free to
ask me.

All the best,

Anne
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Re: [Qgis-developer] GSoC ideas

2012-02-21 Thread Paolo Cavallini

Il 21/02/2012 16:03, Alexander Bruy ha scritto:

Hi all,

Google Summer of Code 2012 is announced few weeks ago and as far as
I know OSGeo will participate. Hope QGIS will participate too. I started
wiki page for collecting ideas [0]

Maybe we should announce also to the user list asking for ideas too

[0] http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012
Thanks Alex. One first thing we have to decide is whether to participate 
within the OSGeo framework. This seems a natural choice, but there are 
possible shortcomings:
- it is possible that we'll have more chances (an higher number of 
accepted projects) running alone, due to Google priorities
- less motivation by mentors (they do not receive any financial 
incentive, that goes to OSGeo instead).

Opinions?

--
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See: http://www.faunalia.it/pc

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