[Ninux-Wireless] [blog] GSoC 2011: Nodeshot

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'GSoC 2011: Nodeshot' di Nemesis

Do wireless communities around the world really need another map server? Here in
Ninux we believe that the answer is yes!

Enter Nodeshot an open source wireless community map server written in python
and based on django, focused on ease of use and performance.

Why a new map server? Mainly because we had some precise needs that the current
open source map servers can't satisfy easily:

	we needed an application which is easy to use and understand, even for the
average italian internet user
	we wanted to preserve a similar look to the old map server we used before
(wnmap).
	we wanted it to be simple and performant

Instead of modifying and hacking the existing alternatives we decided to make a
new one, trying to keep the code clean and well commented (which was one of the
hardest tasks).
The frontend is built in HTML5 and it does an intensive use of jQuery and the
Google Map API.

The backend is based on the django admin and it permits to easily administer the
app.

These are the main features of the nodeshot:

	Map based on Google Map API v3
	New node with confirmation via email
	Possibility to insert devices, interfaces and hna4 for a better
troubleshooting
	Edit node, devices, interfaces, hna4
	Contact node owners
	Address lookup
	Hide sidebar
	Search nodes and IP addresses
	Distance calculation between nodes
	Save distance calculations for future reference
	Public information about devices, interfaces and performance of links
	Statistics  (number of nodes, links, links in km)
	IPv6 support

During the development we used github to commit changes and several merges have
occurred in some cases when different developers were working to fix some
issues.

The project has revealed to be more complex than what was expected but at the
same time has been really engaging and fun.

There is still work to do though, actually we are translating and optimizing the
app. We'll keep working on nodeshot so that we can arrive quickly to a stable
and performant release, we hope we'll attract new developers from all around the
world that will help us to push forward this new open source project!

Meanwhile, you can check the demo and you can download the source code on
github.

http://blog.ninux.org/2011/09/06/gsoc-2011-nodeshot/

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