Google Summer of Code Application 2016 - Revision history

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 == Application Status ==
-'''''ongoing, with the text below'''''
+'''''Accepted!'''''
 : Timeline: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/

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 * '''Why does your org want to participate in Google Summer of Code?''': OSGeo is now a veteran GSoC organisation, and looks forward to support new students in their summer projects. Past editions of GSoC brought in new great developers, as well as GSoC mentors. Several small projects got a steady input of new code and gained in stability and visibility. OSGeo acting as umbrella organisation tightened the connection with guest software projects. We definitely look forward for another geospatial GSoC!
-* '''How many potential mentors have agreed to mentor this year?''' 16-20 (there is the option of 20+ but I don't dare choosing it as now)
+* '''How many potential mentors have agreed to mentor this year?''' 20+
-* '''How will you keep mentors engaged with their students?''': We will welcome mentors who are regular contributors and/or experts in their field, and are willing to guide students in every step of becoming open source geo developers. We will keep personally in touch with each mentor to make sure communication with the student is efficient.
+* '''How will you keep mentors engaged with their students?''': Normally our mentors have served in the role also in the past. However we require at least 2 mentors for each project. We welcome mentors who are regular contributors and/or experts in their field, and are willing to guide students in every step of becoming open source geo developers. We keep personally in touch with each mentor to make sure communication with the student is effective.
-* '''How will you help your students stay on schedule to complete their projects?''': We will first invite them to get the clearest picture possible of their project at the beginning of GSoC. Then, with the mean of weekly reports, we'll keep track of their progress, and let them be progressively better in estimating their weekly workload.
+* '''How will you help your students stay on schedule to complete their projects?''': We invite them to get the clearest picture possible of their project at the beginning of GSoC, compiling a detailed timeline. To do that, they need to analyse the problem first, then split it into smaller tasks. Mentors are called to evaluate the projects based on the timeline provided. By means of weekly reports, we keep track of their progress, and let the students adjust the timeline estimating their weekly workload, with the help of their mentors.
-* '''How will you get your students involved in your community during GSoC?''': Each student is supposed to discuss the proposal in the open with the relevant software communities even before applying on GSoC website. We ask to send weekly reports to the appropriate developer lists and get feedback there.
+* '''How will you get your students involved in your community during GSoC?''': Each student is expected to discuss openly the proposal with the relevant software communities even before applying on GSoC website. We ask to send weekly reports to the appropriate developer lists and get feedback there. This year we would like mentors to test the students before selecting them, by proposing small non trivial programming tasks / bug fixes, in order to see if the student is confident enough with the software and the programming environment.
-* '''How will you keep students involved with your community after GSoC?''': We ask students to include a "Future development" section in their proposal. Sometimes it is only a mind exercise, but it is often the suggestion for further work, maybe not for that student after GSoC, but also for the dev community or for a following GSoC project.
+* '''How will you keep students involved with your community after GSoC?''': We ask students to include a "Future development" section in their proposal. Sometimes it is only a mind exercise, but it is often the suggestion for further work, maybe not for that student after GSoC, but also for the dev community or for a following GSoC project. We tend to rate better the students that show genuine enthusiasm in their development project, also well before GSoC starts.
 * '''Has your org been accepted as a mentoring org in Google Summer of Code before?''' yes
 * '''Which years did your org participate in GSoC?''': from 2007 onwards

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 * '''Logo''': compass+text, square, 256px
 * '''Primary Open Source License''': GNU General Public License (GPL)
-* '''Organization Category''': '''TODO''' Choose between: Cloud - Data/Databases - End user apps - Graphics/Video/Audio/VR - Operating Systems - Programming languages and development tools - Science and Medicine - Security - Social/Communications - Web - Other. (We can pick only one so I would go for Other.)
+* '''Organization Category''': Choose between: Cloud - Data/Databases - End user apps - Graphics/Video/Audio/VR - Operating Systems - Programming languages and development tools - Science and Medicine - Security - Social/Communications - Web - Other. (We can pick only one so I would go for Other.)
-* '''Technology Tags (5 max)''': python postgresql c php javascript (were: postgres c java c# javascript c++ ajax mysql php mssql python sql)
+* '''Technology Tags (5 max)''': C++, standards, python, C, sql
 * '''Topic Tags''': gis cartography maps science geospatial (were: gis, live-disc, algorithm, graph, mapping, maps, geospatial, geo, 3d, osm, openstreetmap, cartography, science)
 * '''Ideas List''': link to Ideas wiki page
-* '''Short Description''': '''TODO'''
+* '''Short Description''': OSGeo is a non-profit organization serving as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community.
-* '''Long Description''': '''TODO''' (update past app text)
+* '''Long Description''': OSGeo is a non-profit organization serving as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and several code projects in particular:
-OSGeo is a non-profit organization serving as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and 33 code projects in particular:
+Web Mapping: deegree, geomajas, GeoMOOSE, GeoServer, Mapbender, MapBuilder, MapFish, MapGuide Open Source, MapServer, OpenLayers
-Web Mapping: deegree, geomajas, GeoMoose, GeoServer, Mapbender, MapBuilder, MapFish, MapGuide Open Source, MapServer, OpenLayers, ZOO-Project, Team Engine
+Desktop Applications: GRASS GIS, QGIS, gvSIG, Marble
-Desktop Applications: GRASS GIS, Quantum GIS, gvSIG, Opticks, KDE Marble
+Geospatial Libraries: FDO, GDAL/OGR, GEOS, GeoTools, OSSIM, PostGIS
-Geospatial Libraries: FDO, GDAL/OGR, GEOS, GeoTools, MetaCRS*, OSSIM, PostGIS, rasdaman
+Metadata Catalogues: GeoNetwork, pycsw
-The following are sub-projects of MetaCRS:
+Other incubating projects include: istSOS, PyWPS, Team Engine, ZOO-Project, Opticks, MetaCRS, Orfeo ToolBox (OTB), rasdaman, GeoNode
 Other (non-code) Projects: Public Geospatial Data, Education and Curriculum, Live Handout DVD
-We host the annual FOSS4G conferences (this year two of them) with typical attendance of 500-1000+ geospatial developers, industry and government types, and researchers. Our mailing lists collectively go out to ~ 20,000 unique subscribers.
+We host regional and international FOSS4G conferences with typical attendance of 500-1000+ geospatial developers, industry and government types, and researchers. Our mailing lists collectively go out to ~ 20,000 unique subscribers.
+* '''Application Instructions''': '''TODO''' make a wiki page and paste the text in the application
-For GSoC we hope to act as an umbrella org for a number of other non-OSGeo FOSS geo projects, including pgRouting, PyWPS, istSOS, and uDig.
+* '''Proposal Tags''': '''TODO''' list of software projects - ISSUE: only 10 tags are allowed.
 == Questionnaire ==

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 * '''Long Description''': '''TODO''' (update past app text)
 * '''Application Instructions''': '''TODO''' make a wiki page and paste the text in the application
-* '''Proposal Tags''': '''TODO''' list of software projects
+* '''Proposal Tags''': '''TODO''' list of software projects - ISSUE: only 10 tags are allowed.
 * '''IRC Channel, Mailing List, or Email''' done

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 == Questionnaire ==
-=== If you chose "veteran" in the checkbox, please summarize your involvement in Google Summer of Code and the successes and challenges of your participation. Please also list your pass/fail rate for each year. ===
+* Why does your org want to participate in Google Summer of Code?
+* '''How many potential mentors have agreed to mentor this year?''' 16-20 (there is the option of 20+ but I don't dare choosing it as now)
- Year: pass/total
+* How will you keep mentors engaged with their students?
 : 13/19
 : 15/19
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 : 22/23
 : 13/13
+* '''Are you part of a foundation/umbrella organization?''' no - we are one
+* '''What year was your project started?''' 2006
 [Back to [[Google Summer of Code 2016]] @ OSGeo]

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 '''''ongoing, with the text below'''''
-: Timeline: TODO: add link to timeline
+: Timeline: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/
 == Old applications ==
-* Base on [[2007 Google SoC Application|2007]], [[2008 Google SoC Application|2008]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2009|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2014]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2015]]
+* Base on [[2007 Google SoC Application|2007]], [[2008 Google SoC Application|2008]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2009|2009]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2010|2010]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2011|2011]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2012|2012]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2013|2013]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2014|2014]], [[Google Summer of Code Application 2015|2015]]
 == Profile ==
+* '''Website URL''': http://osgeo.org
-=== Organization id ===
+* '''Tagline''': The Open Source Geospatial Foundation
-osgeo
+* '''Logo''': compass+text, square, 256px
+* '''Primary Open Source License''': GNU General Public License (GPL)
-=== Organization name ===
+* '''Organization Category''': TODO
-OSGeo - Open Source Geospatial Foundation
+* '''Technology Tags (5 max)''': python postgresql c php javascript (were: postgres c java c# javascript c++ ajax mysql php mssql python sql)
 === Organization description ===
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 For GSoC we hope to act as an umbrella org for a number of other non-OSGeo FOSS geo projects, including pgRouting, PyWPS, istSOS, and uDig.
 == Questionnaire ==