Projects/Digikam/CodingSprint2010

KDE Graphics Coding Sprint 2010

• The KDE Graphics coding sprint 2010 will take place in Aix en Provence, France, from August 27th to 29th. It's organized by Gilles Caulier.

Location

Hotel

• Hotel Paul, near Aix en provence city center. Look at this url for details

• 3 nights have been books to this hotel : Thursday 26/Friday 27 ; Friday 27/Saturday 28; Saturday 28/Sunday 29.
• If you want to stay more time in this hotel to visit Aix en provence, let's me hear.

• There is a Street-View link there to see the front of Hotel Paul.

• For more details, see map from "Coding Location" section.

Directions

By Plane

• The closest airport is Marseille/Provence International (MAR).

• There is a regional bus from Marseille airport. The fare is around €7.0. Take a look at this page for details.

• Text me (Gilles) when you board the bus in Airport or when you have got lost.

• For more details, see map from "Coding Location" section.

By Car

• Arriving from all directions: A8/E80, exit 30b (Pont de l'Arc)

• For more details, see map from "Coding Location" section.

By Train

• Main train station is located in Aix en Provence city center. It's a small station where only Train from Marseille Saint Charles station come there.

• For long distance travels, look on TGV transport. There is another big station dedicated for Aix en provence. This is the best way to arrive near than Aix en provence without to pass through Marseille city.

• For more details, see map from "Coding Location" section.

Coding Location

• Maison des Associations Tavan, 1, Rue Emile Tavan, 13100, Aix en Provence, France

• There is a Street-View link there to see the front of Maison des Associations Tavan.

• Look at this map for details of city center and neighborhood. The "Maison des Associations Tavan" is draw over the map, and also hotel, train station, and airport.

• Look at Aix en Provence Tourism desk web site to see all details and maps to acces on the city.

Participants

Photo	Name	Project	Arrival	Departure	Travel Arrangements	Hotel Arrangements
	Gilles Caulier	Student mentoring, digiKam Editor Canvas and Preview Widget factoring, QtScript integration.	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Marcel Wiesweg	Student mentoring, digiKam Face Recognition, Image Versioning and Database schema.	26/08/10:17h10 PM - MAR airport	29/08/10:17h55 PM - MAR airport	Plane from Düsseldorf, Germany	1 room, 1 person, 3 nights.
	Michael G. Hansen	Student mentoring, GPSSync kipi-plugin, Google maps integration	26/08/10:17h10 PM - MAR airport	29/08/10:17h55 PM - MAR airport	Plane from Düsseldorf, Germany	1 room, 1 person, 3 nights.
	Andreas Huggel	digiKam and kipi-plugins Metadata management improvements	26/08/10:09h35 AM - MAR airport	30/08/10:18h45 PM - MAR airport	Plane from Malaysia	1 room, 1 person, 4 nights.
	Vardhman Jain	PicasaWeb and Flickr import/export Kipi-plugins improvements	PENDING	PENDING	Plane from San Francisco, USA (most like via some place)	1 room, 1 person, TO DEFINE.
	Martin Klapetek	GOsC - Non-destructive image editing in digiKam Image Editor	25/09/10:23:05 PM - MAR Airport	29/09/10:13:00 PM - MAR Airport	Plane from Czech Republic	1 room, 1 person, 4 nights.
	Aditya Bhatt	GOsC - Face detection ; libface with digiKam	26/09/10:21h00 PM - MAR airport	30/09/10:05h00 AM - MAR airport	Plane from India	1 room, 1 person, 4 nights.
	Gabriel Voicu	GOsC - GPSSync kipi-plugins ; Advanced Search Tool in digiKam	26/09/10:21h00 PM Aix	30/09/10:05h00 AM Aix	Bus from Roumania - B&B hotel	1 room, 2 persons, 4 nights.
	Kunal Ghosh	GOsC - QtScript Integration in digikam	PENDING	PENDING	Plane from India	1 room, 1 person, TO DEFINE

There is also an Open-Office spreadsheet with private information about event contributors (e-mail, phone number, travel costs, etc...).

Preparation

To bring

• Wifi will be available at Maison des Associations Tavan. For non-wifi computers plan a Network gateway and ethernet cables.
• Plan a video-projector.
• Digital Still Camera (of course).
• Tea and coffee for working hours.

To book

• Food for Mid-day lunch. There is a nice garden between "Maison des Associations Tavan" and "Beaux Arts" school.
• Restaurant for 28 august, Saturday evening.

Common Topics for Discussion and Coding

• Geo-location
  • Reverse Geo-coding (BKO #150981 and BKO #182110).
  • OpenStreetmap (BKO #206133), Wikimapia (BKO #233848), Google Maps API v3 (BKO #236533), Nokia Ovi.
  • Share common widget to a dedicated library, suitable in digiKam and Kipi-plugins.
• Image Versioning
  • Non destructive editing.
  • A format to describe and store editing operations (BKO #142056).
  • Storage in database and metadata (BKO #125387).
• Face detection
  • Existing solutions / libface, feasibility of task (BKO #146288).
  • UI drafts for integration (BKO #146337).
• Scripting Capability
  • QT-Script integration (based on Amarok interface).
  • First implementation and test (BKO #146866).
• Model / View
  • CameraGui icon-view port.
  • Preview and Image Editor canvas factoring.
  • Complete Qt4 port everywhere. Remove Qt3 transition classes.
• Database
  • Improving current implementation for MySQL.
  • Validate new changes in schema introduced with GOsC contributions.
  • Talk about the future : Postgresql support (BKO #127321).
• Metadata
  • XMP sidecar support for read only files (BKO #220545).
  • Background processing in digiKam (BKO #173632, BKO #227814, BKO #222401).
  • Introduce Video files support (BKO #164442).
  • Middle-level photo info computation and factoring (BKO #180322, BKO #199461, BKO #151685, BKO #203733, BKO #198406)
• Flickr and PicasaWeb tools
  • Use Multithreading (BKO #194811).
  • Share common implementation between tools in libkipiplugins.

Food

My suggestions:

• There is many possibilities in Aix en provence town (pizza, baggels, sushi, sandwich, etc.)

• Last year in Germany we went to a restaurant for dinner Saturday evening, I enjoyed that quite much. I would suggest us we continue in this tradition this year as well. I know good and not too expensive restaurants in Aix en Provence city center.

• Anyway, let's me hear your food preferences.

Reimbursements

• Only travel costs and hotels can be reimbursed, through KDE-ev sponsorship. Take a look on this page to know the policy.
• The form to be reimbursed can be downloaded there.

Sponsorship

• The event will be sponsored be KDE-ev.
• Donations from:
  • Sino-Pictures, a photo agency from China.
  • To become a sponsor, please make a donation following this page...