dev: GSoC: add WebTools auto log analysis project

dev/source/docs/gsoc-ideas-list.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This is a list of projects suggested by ArduPilot developers for `GSoC 2024 <htt
 - Camera and Gimbal enhancements
 - Multicopter Swarm Avoidance
 - ROS2 support
+- WebTools automated log analysis
 
 See lower down on this page for more details for some of the projects listed above
 
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 A previous GSoC made good progress on this project (see `Dds prototype PR <https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/pull/17779>`__)
 
+WebTools automated log analysis
+-------------------------------
+
+- Skills required: HTML, JavaScript
+- Mentor: Peter Hall
+- Expected Size: 175h to 350h
+- Level of Difficulty: Medium
+- Expected Outcome: A new WebTool with the ability to automatically highlight and diagnose common issues from flight logs.
+
+ArduPilot has several `WebTools <https://firmware.ardupilot.org/Tools/WebTools/>`__ for log review, these run in any browser with all computation on the client side. So far we have tools for setup tasks (FilterReivew, PIDReview, MAGFit) and a tool that focuses on hardware issues (HarwareReport).
+The next evolution is a tool to look for in-flight issues. There are two existing automated log review tools. `MissionPlanner <https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-downloading-and-analyzing-data-logs-in-mission-planner.html#automatic-analysis-of-logs>`__ includes a basic analysis tool.
+`Dronekit log analyzer <https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-la/tree/master>`__ has a larger number of checks (see: `analyzers <https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-la/blob/master/docs/reference/analyzers.rst>`__) and would be the initial benchmark for this project.
+Once a framework for the tool is up and running checks for as many issues as possible can be added, the tool should focus on making the checks easy to add and update rather than a fancy-looking interface.
+
 Projects Completed in past years
 --------------------------------
 In 2023, students completed the following projects:

dev/source/docs/gsoc.rst

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 To help you get started:
 
-- The timeline for `GSoC 2023 is here <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline>`__
+- The timeline for `GSoC 2024 is here <https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline>`__
 - The :ref:`suggested projects list <gsoc-ideas-list>` is updated before GSoC begins each year. This is a list of our ideas of what would be good to work on but we are open to other suggestions you make in your application.
 - The #GSOC channel in the `ArduPilot Discord server <https://ardupilot.org/discord>`__ is a place to ask questions about our GSOC program, submit ideas for projects, etc. Mentors will respond to your posts in this GSoC channel.
 - The :ref:`ArduPilot WIKI <ardupilot:home>` and, specifically, the :ref:`ArduPilot Developers WIKI <dev:home>` are good sources of information on ArduPilot and how to contribute to its code.