🎈 Public Lab: Revisions for 'SoC ideas'

Revisions for SoC ideas

220	liz	March 07, 2016 22:28 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. And reach out for help on the plots-dev list, in the left sidebar! For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found on our Github organization page, but a clearer listing with descriptions is on our main developers page Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals Reach out on plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Later we'll begin to use plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Used once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! How to post a proposal Please first contact the above plots-dev list, and tell us what you're interested in and a bit about your experience. It's also great to hear if you've forked one of our codebases) and installed it on a test server. Done with that? How about running tests? Tell us how far you've gotten! Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! We also love it when students show that they can work well with us by checking out some of our easier issues in PublicLab.org, Spectral Workbench, or MapKnitter, and even submitting a pull request. This gives us confidence that you've read our contribution guidelines and would be ready to jump into a project. Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the /profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore, Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet. Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This project is to develop searching and sorting tools to help organize Public Lab's open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. Longer story: The search box is located in the top bar and at this URL: https://publiclab.org/search/. It does not search through the content on profile pages, which is the primary place that people communicate their research interests when they first join the site. Tags are hugely important to knowledge organization on the site: tags create relationships between pages by linking bodies of research, and powertags add hierarchy (parenting), trigger inclusion on metapages like /places, or change graphic styling as in /blog, and much more. The top level tag page needs the ability to sort alphabetically and by frequency of use. Tag sorting will also help moderate spam because even when spam is removed, any tags used remain in autosuggest. Sorting will also be useful on https://publiclab.org/people. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo, Jeff Warren Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. Longer story: Currently as things stand now, the same questions get asked again and again on the email forums, which is totally fine but we think we can do a little better. Often the questions are the same "getting started" questions that are commonly compiled into an FAQ, however, in our experience, static FAQs quickly expire as new developments outpace documentation. A "Stack Overflow" model would allow questions to be re-answered over time, while preserving links into the wikis and notes of PublicLab.org. Adding a Q&A layer over publiclab.org/research and publiclab.org/wiki would give a question-asker confidence that a particular bit of documentation answers a particular question they have. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz, Dan Henry	Revert
219	warren	March 07, 2016 22:28 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. And reach out for help on the plots-dev list, in the left sidebar! For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found on our Github organization page, but a clearer listing with descriptions is on our main developers page Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals Reach out on plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics; join using the form in the left sidebar! Later, we'll begin to use plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Used once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! How to post a proposal Please first contact the above plots-dev list, and tell us what you're interested in and a bit about your experience. It's also great to hear if you've forked one of our codebases) and installed it on a test server. Done with that? How about running tests? Tell us how far you've gotten! Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! We also love it when students show that they can work well with us by checking out some of our easier issues in PublicLab.org, Spectral Workbench, or MapKnitter, and even submitting a pull request. This gives us confidence that you've read our contribution guidelines and would be ready to jump into a project. Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the https://publiclab.org/profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore, Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet. Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to https://publiclab.org/profiles (AKA https://publiclab.org/people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo, Jeff Warren Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. Longer story: Currently, the same questions get asked again and again on the email forums, which is fine, but we think we can do a lot better. Often the questions are the same "getting started" questions that are commonly compiled into an FAQ, however, in our experience, static FAQs quickly expire as new developments outpace documentation. A "Stack Overflow" model would allow questions to be re-answered over time, while preserving links into the wikis and notes of PublicLab.org. Adding a Q&A layer over https://publiclab.org/research and https://publiclab.org/wiki would give a question-asker confidence that a particular bit of documentation answers a particular question they have. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz, Dan Henry	Revert
218	warren	March 07, 2016 22:27 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. And reach out for help on the plots-dev list, in the left sidebar! For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found on our Github organization page, but a clearer listing with descriptions is on our main developers page Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals Reach out on plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Later, we'll begin to use plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Used once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! How to post a proposal Please first contact the above plots-dev list, and tell us what you're interested in and a bit about your experience. It's also great to hear if you've forked one of our codebases) and installed it on a test server. Done with that? How about running tests? Tell us how far you've gotten! Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! We also love it when students show that they can work well with us by checking out some of our easier issues in PublicLab.org, Spectral Workbench, or MapKnitter, and even submitting a pull request. This gives us confidence that you've read our contribution guidelines and would be ready to jump into a project. Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the https://publiclab.org/profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore, Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet. Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to https://publiclab.org/profiles (AKA https://publiclab.org/people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo, Jeff Warren Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. Longer story: Currently, the same questions get asked again and again on the email forums, which is fine, but we think we can do a lot better. Often the questions are the same "getting started" questions that are commonly compiled into an FAQ, however, in our experience, static FAQs quickly expire as new developments outpace documentation. A "Stack Overflow" model would allow questions to be re-answered over time, while preserving links into the wikis and notes of PublicLab.org. Adding a Q&A layer over https://publiclab.org/research and https://publiclab.org/wiki would give a question-asker confidence that a particular bit of documentation answers a particular question they have. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz, Dan Henry	Revert
217	warren	March 07, 2016 22:20 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. And reach out for help on the plots-dev list, in the left sidebar! For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found on our Github organization page, but a clearer listing with descriptions is on our main developers page Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals Reach out on plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Later we'll begin to use plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Used once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! How to post a proposal Please first contact the above plots-dev list, and tell us what you're interested in and a bit about your experience. It's also great to hear if you've forked one of our codebases) and installed it on a test server. Done with that? How about running tests? Tell us how far you've gotten! Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! We also love it when students show that they can work well with us by checking out some of our easier issues in PublicLab.org, Spectral Workbench, or MapKnitter, and even submitting a pull request. This gives us confidence that you've read our contribution guidelines and would be ready to jump into a project. Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the https://publiclab.org/profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore, Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet. Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to https://publiclab.org/profiles (AKA https://publiclab.org/people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo, Jeff Warren Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. Longer story: Currently, the same questions get asked again and again on the email forums, which is fine, but we think we can do a lot better. Often the questions are the same "getting started" questions that are commonly compiled into an FAQ, however, in our experience, static FAQs quickly expire as new developments outpace documentation. A "Stack Overflow" model would allow questions to be re-answered over time, while preserving links into the wikis and notes of PublicLab.org. Adding a Q&A layer over https://publiclab.org/research and https://publiclab.org/wiki would give a question-asker confidence that a particular bit of documentation answers a particular question they have. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz, Dan Henry	Revert
216	liz	March 07, 2016 21:47 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. And reach out for help on the plots-dev list, in the left sidebar! For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found on our Github organization page, but a clearer listing with descriptions is on our main developers page Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals Reach out on plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Later we'll begin to use plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Used once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! How to post a proposal Please first contact the above plots-dev list, and tell us what you're interested in and a bit about your experience. It's also great to hear if you've forked one of our codebases) and installed it on a test server. Done with that? How about running tests? Tell us how far you've gotten! Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! We also love it when students show that they can work well with us by checking out some of our easier issues in PublicLab.org, Spectral Workbench, or MapKnitter, and even submitting a pull request. This gives us confidence that you've read our contribution guidelines and would be ready to jump into a project. Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the /profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore, Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet. Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo, Jeff Warren Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. Longer story: Currently as things stand now, the same questions get asked again and again on the email forums, which is totally fine but we think we can do a little better. Often the questions are the same "getting started" questions that are commonly compiled into an FAQ, however, in our experience, static FAQs quickly expire as new developments outpace documentation. A "Stack Overflow" model would allow questions to be re-answered over time, while preserving links into the wikis and notes of PublicLab.org. Adding a Q&A layer over publiclab.org/research and publiclab.org/wiki would give a question-asker confidence that a particular bit of documentation answers a particular question they have. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz, Dan Henry	Revert
215	warren	March 07, 2016 21:29 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. And reach out for help on the plots-dev list, in the left sidebar! For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found on our Github organization page, but a clearer listing with descriptions is on our main developers page Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals Reach out on plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Later we'll begin to use plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Used once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! How to post a proposal Please first contact the above plots-dev list, and tell us what you're interested in and a bit about your experience. It's also great to hear if you've forked one of our codebases) and installed it on a test server. Done with that? How about running tests? Tell us how far you've gotten! Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! We also love it when students show that they can work well with us by checking out some of our easier issues in PublicLab.org, Spectral Workbench, or MapKnitter, and even submitting a pull request. This gives us confidence that you've read our contribution guidelines and would be ready to jump into a project. Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the /profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore, Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet. Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo, Jeff Warren Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz, Dan Henry	Revert
214	stevie	March 07, 2016 19:37 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. For logistics once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the /profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore, Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet. Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Liz Barry, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo, Jeff Warren Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren, Bryan Bonvallet, Dan Henry Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz, Dan Henry	Revert
213	warren	March 07, 2016 16:38 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. For logistics once GSoC begins, not for proposals, thanks! Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the /profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com)	Revert
212	warren	March 03, 2016 20:47 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! Including: a table and Rails model for `profile_tags` a form for tagging users on the /profile page (only to admins or the user themselves) some features built upon these tags, such as that only user.role == "admin" or the user themselves may create them user.has_tag(), .powertag(), and similar methods based on drupal_node's examples: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/models/drupal_node.rb#L235-L283 a user map using tags like "lat:45.01" and "lon:-91.341" similar to this example: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/notes/tools_places.html.erb#L4-L15 (view live here: https://publiclab.org/places) a form for inputting location tags on a profile using an autocomplete input, similar to https://mapknitter.org/maps/new (code here: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/views/map/_new.html.erb#L29-L84) List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com)	Revert
211	liz	March 03, 2016 16:51 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com)	Revert
210	warren	March 02, 2016 22:43 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem (poor/no documentation) Example hardware, notes, and software links: http://www.elechouse.com/elechouse/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_92&products_id=2199 Discussion on using SoftModem in Arduino forums: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=86351.0 Another related tutorial: http://learn.linksprite.com/arduino/shields/softmodem-data-communication-a/ discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com)	Revert
209	ddileona	March 02, 2016 04:39 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Di Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com)	Revert
208	mathew	February 23, 2016 20:07 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Mapknitter Annotations Part of: [Mapknitter.org](http://mapknitter.org] Description: building on 2014 mapknitter annotations project to get it live and integrated into Mapknitter. Read more on the state of development.. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Prerequisites: Difficulty Level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com)	Revert
207	dhenrynola	February 22, 2016 21:08 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org), Dan Henry (dhenrydc (at) gmail.com)	Revert
206	warren	February 18, 2016 18:51 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize this open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Bryan Bonvallet (btbonval (at) gmail.com) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (liz@publiclab.org)	Revert
205	warren	February 17, 2016 22:24 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Bronwen Densmore (bronwen9 (at) gmail.com), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize the open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Diana Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Potential mentors: Liz (or someone else)	Revert
204	warren	February 17, 2016 19:24 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposalsam Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize the open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Possible mentors: Diana Leonardo (ddileona (at) tulane.edu), Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Liz (or someone else)	Revert
203	liz	February 17, 2016 16:09 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposals Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize the open science and technology knowledge base. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Liz (or someone else)	Revert
202	liz	February 17, 2016 16:08 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposals Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org. Implement profile tagging for geographic data, role, tools, skills, and barnstars -- all highly requested features by the Public Lab community! List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: powertagging your profile for location, topics, and gear: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics (extra fun): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Search and sorting Part of: PublicLab.org Description: There's so much going on in Public Lab.org that it can be hard to follow. Choose to implement this project and create much-needed tools for people trying to organize their research. These features will also be used by Public Lab's community managers to help people develop their projects and connect to others. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: add more types of sorting to /profiles (AKA /people) https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 implement tag sorting https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 expand search to include profile content (for admin users): https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209, currently only accessible via datadumps: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, answering feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature helpful people, displays of common questions. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 Stub wiki page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/q-a more background: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Liz (or someone else)	Revert
201	warren	February 17, 2016 14:45 \| about 8 years ago This is the ideas page for Public Lab's Google Summer of Code program. Many are slightly out of date or have already been built! Please go ahead and edit these if you see things that need changing, as well as add your new ideas. For a quick flashback, see our 2015 GSOC page our 2014 GSOC page our 2013 GSOC page and 2013 mentor & student proposals Our main repositories can be found here: https://github.com/publiclab Important -- to learn how to contribute to Public Lab software, see: http://publiclab.org/wiki/contributing-to-public-lab-software Who to contact with ideas/proposals plots-dev - the Public Lab developers discussion list. This is the list for programming related topics. Please use this list! plots-gsoc - the GSoC discussion list, more for GSOC logistics. Either of these lists is fine; feel free to CC both. How to post a proposal Please first contact the above lists (even both!). Once your idea is more developed, please post a research note describing your proposal in detail. Tag it "gsoc". Here is the template we used last year. Contribution guidelines Our Contributing to Public Lab Software page has our preferred guidelines for submitting changes. Please read it over! Ideas list Here are the project ideas we're most interested in; however, we are also interested in any major feature request listed in our top project repository issue trackers, at Spectral Workbench, PublicLab.org, or MapKnitter -- so contact the plots-dev list (see above) if anything there interests you! Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org Part of: PublicLab.org Description: A major build-out of profile pages on PublicLab.org, with tagging, geographic data, barnstars and research history browsing, sorting on /people, and lots of other features relevant to Community Development in Public Lab List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/104 https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/308 search to include profile content for admins: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/317 https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/215 barnstars: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/167 barnstars custom graphics: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/265 can we also add in tag sorting here? https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/179 and tag optomization: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/99 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails Difficulty level: hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org), Liz Barry (liz@publiclab.org) Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack Description: A way to read data off of sensors from a website, using only an audio cable, building on modem.js and SoftModem (see links). Dramatically eases connecting to a sensor using a laptop or smartphone directly from a web page, no software installation necessary. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/dolske/modem.js https://github.com/arms22/SoftModem discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/plots-airquality/audio/plots-airquality/3b3Y2vrMsoI/xebM6kNBEgAJ Prerequisites: JavaScript, Arduino Difficulty level: medium/hard Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter Part of: MapKnitter, Leaflet.DistortableImage Description: Create simple methods for ordering images in Leaflet.DistortableImage, the heart of MapKnitter, and saving these asynchronously in MapKnitter. Modification of export system to accept an `order` parameter. This could also integrate disabling images from export using: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/36 List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues/116 https://github.com/publiclab/Leaflet.DistortableImage Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: medium Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Queue-based MapKnitter export system Part of: MapKnitter Description: De-couple MapKnitter main app from GDAL-based export queue to enable better scaling of exports and fewer interruptions of primary MapKnitter.org service during large exports. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/issues https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/map.rb#L200 https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/blob/master/app/models/warpable.rb#L152 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, GDAL, asynchronous queue-based server architecture, Amazon S3 Difficulty level: medium Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench Part of: Spectral Workbench Description: Enable comments on specific wavelengths which highlight those wavelengths in the displayed spectrum graph. List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: https://github.com/publiclab/spectral-workbench/issues/45 Prerequisites: JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, possibly d3.js Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Jeff Warren (jeff@publiclab.org) Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org Part of: PulblicLab.org Description: This is a critical step for moving from a separated email and website structure towards clearly answered questions prominently featured as the knowledge base of Public Lab. This project features a posting form, styling for presentation, "answering" feature, more outreach display for recruiting, integration with Rich Profiles to feature "helpful" people, displays of "common questions". List: plots-dev@googlegroups.com Links: Closest: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/162 more background on the anticipated future transition away from googlegroups and towards a forum similar to "Stack Overflow": https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/issues/209 Prerequisites: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery Difficulty level: easy Mentor: Liz (or someone else)	Revert

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Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack

Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter

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Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench

Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org

Who to contact with ideas/proposals

How to post a proposal

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Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org

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Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack

Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter

Queue-based MapKnitter export system

Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench

Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org

Who to contact with ideas/proposals

How to post a proposal

Contribution guidelines

Ideas list

Mapknitter Annotations

Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org

Search and sorting

Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack

Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter

Queue-based MapKnitter export system

Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench

Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org

Who to contact with ideas/proposals

How to post a proposal

Contribution guidelines

Ideas list

Mapknitter Annotations

Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org

Search and sorting

Browser-based Arduino sensor data transfer using WebRTC and headphone jack

Distortable image ordering in MapKnitter

Queue-based MapKnitter export system

Commenting on specific wavelengths in Spectral Workbench

Expanded Q&A system for PublicLab.org

Who to contact with ideas/proposals

How to post a proposal

Contribution guidelines

Ideas list

Mapknitter Annotations

Rich Profile Pages on PublicLab.org