Discarded idea for a 511 project

Idea1: implement census maps w/app server written in scheme

• graphics libraries that can draw polygons on images, save as PNG -- see http://download.plt-scheme.org/chronology/mzmr204.4.html
• way to get at census bureau data, perhaps by translating into a database format --
  • http://planet.plt-scheme.org/#sql-oo.plt2.0 SQLite
  • http://planet.plt-scheme.org/#sqlite.plt3.0 SQLite
  • http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2004-August/006236.html lists four; later in thread talks about Schematics project
    • Mysqlclient -- needs C FFI
    • SchemeQL
    • SQLID
    • DB.SS
    • MyS.c
    • PltDb -- looks pretty amateur, plus is a meta-project

• • plus it looks like there are ways to hook C libs into Scheme, see http://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/mailarch/plt-scheme-2002/msg00621.html
  • SWIG * thread extoling plt-web server

other

• PLT Scheme
• Schematics - several libs, including unit test framework, wiki sw, etc
• Scheme-PG Postgres interface
• several routines, including C FFI