User:!i!/Boinc

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My Master thesis will focus how OSM tiles can get rendered in a volunteered driven distributed platform, using the BOINC framework.

Goal

„Distributed tiles-rendering in a desktop-grid using the example of OpenStreetMap“ -what does this mean? I will try to port the OSM Rendering stack, to the distributed computing framework BOINC. Thus, the community might be able, to help on rendering our slippy map?

  • with respect of the VGI specific requirements of OSM (update frequence, global coverage, ...)
  • with respect of desktop grid requirements
  • compare and make use of existing OSM technologies
  • recycle experiences from Tiles@Home

News

I will try to keep the community up to date with my diary:

Notes

As the resulting toolchain is constructed within only 6 months and is part of a scientific publication, it won't be ready to use by the community and is basically a proof-of-concept:

  • will only show THAT it's technical POSSIBLE using the desired framework
  • will be focused on getting impressions on limits and analyses bottlenecks
  • will use only existing rendering stacks
  • won't implement a userfriendly webportal to attract volunteers
  • won't support more than one single platform
  • won't cover the whole world
  • won't care about tile hosting

Roadmap

Will try to keep you up to date with planned steps and progress.

FAQ

Will you release the source?
Yes, I hope to maintain the source in a public repository and to transparently document the development process. The text will become OpenAcess as well.