From 5f3ee22c8544a9945aee8ee9227e1c76278b6e75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rweait Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 12:34:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Created Code sprint (markdown) --- Code-sprint.md | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Code-sprint.md diff --git a/Code-sprint.md b/Code-sprint.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3f582b --- /dev/null +++ b/Code-sprint.md @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +### Mapnik Code Sprint 02 - Washington, DC, USA. 15-17 June 2012 + +The Mapnik community is gathering for another code sprint to improve Mapnik, set the path for the future and to enjoy the company of other Mapnik developers. + +You are invited. Be part of it. + +### When + +Friday through Sunday, 15 - 17 June 2012. + +#### Preliminary schedule + +- Friday evening: Meet and greet. Pub discussion. Show and share. +- Saturday: Plans and teams. Lots of coding. +- Sunday: Lots of coding. + +### Where + +
1714 14th Street NW
+_Rear Entrance_
+Washington, DC 20009
+(map coming soon) + +### Why? + +Coding, documentation and fun. The previous Mapnik code sprint in September 2010 was both great fun and a great success. Bugs were squashed, capabilities were added, performance was improved and new friends and colleagues were discovered. [Proof](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/MapnikCodeSprint_MCS01_Results) + +This time, we'll tackle some more bugs, some of the lingering Top ten Cartography Wishes from last time, and perhaps knock out some awesome new Mapnik documentation for the ever-increasing user community. + +### Top Ten Tasks + +Last time, the Top Ten* Advanced Cartography Wishes looked a bit like this. Those that have been completed in the interim are struck-through. + +http://www.slideshare.net/steve8/what-id-like-to-do-with-mapnik-4756837 + +1) icon rotation: could also be used for amenity=viewpoint when tagged with viewing angles + +2) SVG icons: allow replacing colors (e.g. color a black icon in blue); have an alpha parameter (done) + +3) move icon a bit if it would collide with others + +4) replace an already placed icon with a collection icon when there is another one to be shown right there + +5) push lines apart so that there is a minimum distance between them (nearly done) + +6) be able to construct file names from tag values in XML (e.g. "symbol_file=parking.svg" should be mapped to e.g. ~/mapnik/parking.svg or http://example.com/parking.svg). Right now, people resort to generating XML styles by a script. (done, see "PathExpressions") + +7) when there is a very curvy road, place the name along a smoothed line (when the text is not centered to the line but with a dy) (nearly done) + +8) multi-line text constructed from several tags, e.g. for peak name and height (can be done when you accept the same styling for these text fragments) + +9) stronger coupling between icon and text (maybe similar to the ShieldSymbolizer?) so that manual text dy tweaking is not required anymore (want to be able to say: "place this icon in size 20x20 and put the text in size 12pt five pixels below it") + +10) collapsing of little small areas with the same tags into a single big one (for e.g. a big forest), so that e.g. the name is drawn only once + +11) be able to suppress automatic text rotation (per style or layer) - contour lines should always be displayed so that the base line of the text points to the lower ground + +12) underlined text (for e.g. capitals) + +13) sometimes, peak names drawn in a half circle, would be + +### Attending +- Artem Pavlenko (UK), Mapnik Founder and Lead Developer +- Dane Springmeyer (Oregon), Mapnik Lead Developer +- Richard Weait (Ontario) +- add your name (and origin) here +- ... + +### More tasks and interests +Add your personal tasks and interests here. +- Awesomeness (Artem) +- Amazingness (Dane) +- Mapnik documentation and tutorials (Richard) +- add your tasks and goals +- ... + +* FSVO "ten" \ No newline at end of file