Google Summer of Code 2008 Project Ideas

The weMap project is applying to Google Summer of Code under the Python Software Foundation.

Here are our project ideas:

Mapping Interface:

• Customizable organizational layers – users can choose
  from a variety of contextually relevant organizational categories to
  appear on the map (i.e. ESL classes, libraries, schools, etc.)
• Search for services by city/region selection or address input
• Select layers and copy a map to embed on another website

Admin Panel Interface:

• Import data from other sources (such as
  census/statistical data) and map data to the central database
• Improve usability

Back-end:

• Deal with multi-level taxonomies
• Handle multiple user levels
• Method for connecting database output to other services
• Increase support for input file formats
• Use multiple geocoding services to increase address searching matches
• Algorithm to optimize searches for duplicate records.

These are just some proposals, feel free to comment and propose some ideas of your own!