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Mint your Map with MapMint: Google Summer of Code 2017

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Namaste!  I am sure you all must be surrounded by the computers in your day to day life. For the first time, I came across the computer in 2005-06. Yes, when I was 10. I was in the fifth standard and our computer teacher was explaining the students about the tangible parts of the computer. The Keyboard, the mouse, the monitor... And now, after 11 years, this machine has become a significant part of my life. BUT, you must be thinking why I am including this in my post. So, I would like to help you. This post is dedicated to Google Summer of Code 2017 and MapMint . I would be sharing the details of my proposal, information about my organization, some details of my work and my enticing experience of GSoC 2017 Phase 1. Cool! Isn't it? Let's start. Add Audio, Video and SOS input support in the MapMint4ME - This is the title of my project. My mentoring organization is MapMint which comes under the umbrella organization OSGeo . What do I mean by umbrella organization? 😕 So,

Welcoming Tux through the Windows...

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"Here comes the monitor." "No, it's the Cabinet." "Cabinet! What is a Cabinet?" "You don't know what is a Cabinet! It is the CPU, you fool. Now, whichever game is installed first, I will be the first one to give it a shot." "Thisss is notttt fairrr...Anyways, you are elder to me. But only the first chance." "Yay!! You sometimes behave smart." "Urghh... I always do." Oh! I am sorry. Hello! This is my first post. The above excerpt is a part of the conversation between my elder brother and me. It was the  xx th day of September 2008 and I was 13. Yeah, you guessed it right. We both were super excited to welcome each and every part of our 1st personal computer, a desktop, which was assembled in front of us. Each time a new part arrived, we used to follow it from the road outside to its desk. Obviously, I applied the basics faster and installed half a dozen game the first night. But, I lost to my