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.
Hi everyone!
I’m Shashaank Srivastava, and I’m excited to be joining 52°North for Google Summer of Code 2026. This summer, I’ll be working on building a QGIS plugin for the Weather Routing Tool (WRT). This blog marks the beginning of my GSoC journey, where I’ll share progress updates, technical decisions, challenges, and learnings throughout the summer. As an introductory post, I’ll talk about the project, the ideas behind it, what I aim to achieve, and a little about myself.
Hi, my name is Julia Rotert and from October 2025 to April 2026 I completed my external semester internship at 52°North. I grew up in Münster and am currently studying for my Master’s degree in Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Science at the University of Münster.
After completing my Bachelor’s degree in Applied Geodesy in Oldenburg, I returned to my home town and worked as a surveying engineer, focusing on geodata analysis and QGIS. During that time, my interest in geosoftware continuously increased. I wanted to deepen my understanding of software development and move from the user to the developer side of geospatial technologies.