I think it sounds like fun and could also be pretty useful. It'd probably
be a good way to discover new things.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Reaves, Timothy <
trea...@silverfieldstech.com> wrote:
> What is the communities response to this proposal? Anyone have an
> opinion they care to share?
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Rimas Trumpa <rimas.tru...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am interested in taking part in the Google Summer of Code 2012.
>> I have an idea of my own but I'm not sure if it's attractive enough or if
>> it isn't being implemented at the moment by someone else.
>> The idea is on a very early stage but I would be very glad to hear your
>> opinion on it.
>> It's "Sky Quiz" - a Stellarium plugin (or a built-in feature) which
>> allows users to take various quizzes on the objects of the night sky. It
>> could be anything - from planets and constellations to Messier objects and
>> brightest stars.
>> The quizzes would be highly customizable. User could choose if the quiz
>> is timed, if it's "identify the object" (MCQ) or "find the object" type (or
>> maybe even mixed), the list of objects (or their types) and so on...
>> It would be possible to create your own quizzes and to share them with
>> other users.
>> Alexander thinks that this idea is very hard to implement. Yes, I agree,
>> it's definitely more than a few hours of programming, but Google Summer of
>> Code is a 3 month long project so I expect to spend 400-500 hours on this
>> during summer and I believe it is possible to complete it in time.
>> I made some very rough drafts of the Sky Quiz in action:
>> http://www.laisva.lt/stellarium/planet.png
>> http://www.laisva.lt/stellarium/orion.png
>>
>> "Sky Quiz" would be useful for teachers (easy and interesting way to test
>> the performance of the class), students ("practice-mode" to improve their
>> knowledge) and all the enthusiasts of astronomy.
>> I have participated in quite a few astronomy competitions myself and I
>> didn't manage to find any decent software to help me to prepare for the
>> observation part (which usually requires some identification of the sky
>> objects).
>>
>> A few words about me:
>> I'm a 20-year-old undergraduate student of Software Engineering with
>> Management (BSc) at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
>> I have represented my home country (Lithuania) in a several international
>> Olympiads. I should probably mention the 4th International Olympiad on
>> Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010, Beijing, China, where I won a Gold medal.
>> It would be really nice to spend my summer improving a software that I
>> like very much (and to get paid for doing so). :)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Rimas Trumpa
>>
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>>
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