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.

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Location

Hotel

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

• 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

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

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

Participants

Name	Project	Arrival	Travel Arrangements
Gilles Caulier	Student mentoring, digiKam Editor Canvas and Preview Widget factoring	n/a	n/a
Marcel Wiesweg	Student mentoring, digiKam Face Recognition, Image Versioning and Database schema.	pending	from Germany - to define
Michael G. Hansen	Student mentoring, GPSSync kipi-plugin, Google maps integration	pending	from Germany - to define
Vardhman Jain	PicasaWeb and Flickr import/export Kipi-plugins improvements	pending	Plane from San Francisco - MAR (most like via some place)
Martin Klapetek	GOsC - Non-destructive image editing in digiKam Image Editor	pending	Plane from Czech Republic - MAR
Aditya Bhatt	GOsC - Face detection ; libface with digiKam	pending	Plane from India - MAR
Gabriel Voicu	GOsC - GPSSync kipi-plugins ; Advanced Search Tool in digiKam	pending	Plane from Roumania - MAR
Kunal Ghosh	GOsC - QtScript Integration in digikam	pending	Plane from India - MAR
Andreas Huggel	digiKam and kipi-plugins Metadata management improvements	pending	Plane from Malaysia - MAR

Preparation

To bring

• notebook
• Wifi will be available at Maison des Associations Tavan
• Plan a video-projector
• Digital Still Camera of course

Common Topics for Discussion and Coding

• Geo-location
  • Reverse Geo-coding.
  • Geo-view: icon view with a map in background?
  • OpenStreetmap, Nokia Ovi, Google Maps API v3.
• 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 next changes in schema.
  • Talk about the future : Postgresql support (BKO #127321).
• Metadata
  • XMP sidecar support for read only files (BKO #220545).
  • Background processing in digiKam (BKO #173632).
  • Introduce Video files support (BKO #164442).

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.