Hi, The JOSM Plugin to assist with adding public transport routes seems like a very popular project. I've already talked to 7 people about it. We can have a hangout, so I can explain to you what it's all about, but you'll have a lot of competition.
The project in itself isn't very hard for somebody how knows Java and I even already have a prototype ready in Python. This can, of course, be improved upon. Probably a lot. It's merely an attempt to script the actions I got tired of repeating over and over while adding routes and the plugin would need to be interacting with the user a lot more. The user experience is the most important part. When somebody wants to rearrange an intersection or convert a road to dual carriage-way, the plugin should assist in converting the route relations for the bus and tram lines. One of the factors that will also come into play when deciding on a candidate is (prior) involvement with OpenStreetMap and whether you plan to become part of the project afterwards, i.e. how likely is it, that you will continue fixing bugs and maybe add more features once Google stops paying you the stipend? The other big thing is Test Driven Development (TDD). Do you plan to write tests first and then implement code to make the tests pass? So you can add features without having to worry about introducing bugs? Google values that and so do I. As far as I can tell, the hardest part is getting your environment set up, oh and maybe writing a compelling proposal :-) For this JOSM plugin it's probably better to continue the discussion on the josm-dev mailing list. For the web editor, I'm not sure, probably osm-dev. We also have a mailing list dedicated to public transport: talk-transit, but there isn't much traffic there. Polyglot 2016-03-13 18:27 GMT+01:00 Mengying Wang <wangmy...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > > > > I’m a junior student majoring in Software Engineering from Shanghai > Institute of Technology in China. > > > > I learned the OSM through the organizations list of GSoC2016, and I was > attracted by the concept of open street map, create a free editable map of > the world. So, I hope to have the opportunity to join you by participating > in GSoC2016. > > > > I am interested in the ideas of the Public Transport, JOSM Plugin to > assist with adding public transport routes and Web editor for public > transport routes. On the one hand, I’m a college girl who love to go out to > play by public transport, it’s closely connected to my life so I am > terribly concerned about it. And on the other hand, I think I can deal with > these ideas by my endeavor. > > > > I’ll be very excited and grateful if someone can help me. > > > > Thank you, > > > Wang Mengying > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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