Google Summer of Code is over, and the 3D model repository was successfully completed, with great results: all the requirements are accounted for, and there were a few extra features implemented.

In August, many crucial features were added: model uploading, map, nightlies, administration of the models, comments and users, and finishing both documenting and implementing the API. I’ve also done lots of polishing, namely in the documentation, caching the models, layout improvements and fixed lots of issues in general, from bugs to simple color changes. The extra features that were added are model editing and revising, letting users alter the submitted models.

The model uploading page, allowing users to add new models to the repository, and specify their metadata, including title, description, their coordinates (which they can pick on a Leaflet map), license and transformations.

The most noticeable feature here is the marker map, showing the position of the model, as well as the models around it. This is also available as a full page in the ‘Map’ page. The revising feature allows users to upload a new revision of a model they own, keeping its metadata, and the editing feature allows them to edit the model’s metadata. Admins can hide/unhide models. Hidden models are still viewable by other admins. Comments can be hidden in the same way as models. There is also a ‘3D View’ tab, which is displayed by default, which has been the subject of the previous diary entry.

An excerpt of the API docs, showing the live testing of the full search endpoint, so that anyone using the API can test the most complex features right in their browser, speeding up development time.

Stay tuned for the next diary entry for the upcoming launch!