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MassifCentral are looking for developer to help take our PYTHON software to the next level...
Quick Backstory: We illustrate people's challenges & achievements. It's mainly cycling but we also cover running, triathlon and hiking, and occasionally we do corporate work illustrating businesses etc. We have some great partners like Haute Route, Nocturne, Threshold and Hot Chillee.
http://www.themassifcentral.co.uk
Most of our challenge illustrations rely on GPX and CSV data. Initially we extrapolated these 'by hand' and used architectural CAD packages (our background) to get the skeletons of the designs done. A couple of years ago we invested in some basic software that allows us to manage and manipulate GPX's on the fly, which sped up the process considerably.
We are now looking to take that in-house software to the next level. We've sought investment/fundraising for this but it ain't happening so we are now looking for a developer who can work on it in their spare time and be rewarded with equity. The immediate challenge is get the current software to a point where people outside of the company (i.e. customers) can use it to create their own simple prints, which we then fulfil for them.
Down the line, there is the more complex task of marrying the objective GPX data with the more subjective mapping decisions that we make whilst designing the prints (e.g. which towns/villages to include/exclude, climbs and landmarks).
We are based in East London and can offer workspace if needed but we are also open to remote workers etc.
Drop me a line here or at howardsmith (at) themassifcentral.co.uk if you would like to learn more.
Thanks
HMS