GoogleSummerOfCodeApplication

The following is what we imagine would go in a good application. Because the project is in Scala, we'll be looking to see if you have Scala experience. Don't let the application get in the way of applying, though! And feel free to send us any questions you might have.

Contact Information

• Name

• Email

• Personal Website

• IRC nickname

• github username

• City/Country where you will spend summer

• Phone Number

Personal

• School Name

• Years completed

• What are you studying?

• How much time do you expect to be able to spend on the SoC per week?

• What you hope to gain from the project? For real -- what would an awesome experience look like for you?

• Why did you choose GeoTrellis?

• If there are any periods during the summer where you will not be able to work on your project (e.g. due to exams or planned vacations), then please also include this information.

Experience

• Please describe your experience with open source projects. Do you have a github account or other similar accounts? Is there code you can point us at?

• Please describe your experience or interest in the following: Scala, GIS, parallel algorithms, distributed algorithms.

• What else should we know about your technical interests and experience? Do you know how to use git and github?

• We'd like to see some code that you've written, ideally in Scala. If you don't have anything, push a toy project up to github for us to look at. We will look exceptionally highly on pull requests that we can accept on GeoTrellis itself.

Project Proposal

• Please describe your proposed project in detail.

• What are the milestones and deliverables for your project?

• How will this help GeoTrellis users?

• What will you need from us to make sure your project is a success?