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From Manual Configuration to an Interactive GIS Workflow – My GSoC 2026 Journey

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Introduction

Hello everyone!

The Google Summer of Code 2026 coding period is coming to an end, and with it, an exciting chapter of my journey with 52°North comes to a close. Over the past few months, I have been working on developing a QGIS plugin for the 52°North Weather Routing Tool (WRT). The primary goal of the project was to make the WRT workflow more accessible by transforming its configuration-heavy, manual process into an intuitive, GUI-driven workflow inside QGIS. This post marks the final chapter of my GSoC coding period. If you’d like to follow the journey from the beginning, you can also read my introductory blog post and midterm blog post.

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Building an MCP Bridge for OGC APIs with 52°North

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GSoC 2026 Midterm Update

Introduction

Hi everyone,

I am Pranav Angrish, and this summer I am working with 52°North as part of Google Summer of Code 2026 on the project MCP for OGC APIs: Developing Model Context Protocols for the Suite of OGC APIs.

In my first blog, I introduced the motivation behind the project: making OGC APIs easier to use through the Model Context Protocol. At that stage, the focus was on the idea of a spec-first bridge between language models and geospatial services. Since then, the work has moved from an early prototype into a more structured MCP reference server for OGC APIs.

The central goal remains the same. I want a language model to interact with geospatial APIs through reliable, well-defined tools instead of brittle ad-hoc API calls. But during the first half of GSoC, I have understood more clearly that the hard part is not just exposing endpoints. The hard part is helping the model follow the right workflow: discover what is available, inspect the required inputs, handle large responses carefully, ask for confirmation when needed, and then call the correct OGC API operation.

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QGIS Plugin for the Weather Routing Tool (GSoC2026)

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Introduction

Hello everyone!

In my introductory blog post, I introduced my GSoC 2026 project on developing a QGIS plugin for the 52°North Weather Routing Tool (WRT), with the goal of simplifying the existing workflow through an intuitive graphical interface.

It’s now time for the GSoC midterm blog post. Over the past few weeks, the main milestones achieved are the Configuration Wizard and Route Visualization modules. This post summarizes the progress made so far and what’s coming next.

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Developing Model Context Protocols for the Suite of OGC APIs

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Introducing My GSoC 2026 Project with 52°North: MCP for OGC APIs

Hi everyone,

I am Pranav Angrish, a final-year Computer Science and Engineering student from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. This summer, I am excited to be working with 52°North as part of Google Summer of Code 2026 on the project MCP for OGC APIs: Developing Model Context Protocols for the Suite of OGC APIs.

The project sits at an intersection I find deeply interesting: open geospatial standards, intelligent software agents, and making complex technical systems easier for people to use. Over the next few months, I will be working on a bridge between OGC APIs and the Model Context Protocol, so that large language models can interact with geospatial services through well-defined, structured tools instead of brittle ad-hoc API calls.

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