News - Page 14 of 40 - 52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH

May 27, 2022

Google Summer of Code 2022

Introducing developers to open source software development

52°North is thrilled to announce that we will mentor five contributors for Google Summer of Code 2022! The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers contributors stipends to write code for Open Source projects. This year, 1,882 mentors and organization administrators reviewed 5,155 proposals – submitted by over 4,000 applicants from 96 countries – and selected 1,209 GSoC contributors accepted from 62 countries!more >

May 3, 2022

Open GeoHub Summer School 2022 – Register now!

KISTE project workshop: “Open Source solutions for Earth system data (R, OSGeo, Python)”

The OpenGeoHub Summer School takes place annually since 2010. Researchers and specialists who are particularly active (and successful) in developing open source software and open data, meet to discuss and help other researchers improve their analysis and modeling frameworks. The KISTE project supports this year’s hybrid event, which will include physical lectures and hackathons.

What to expect:

Live presentations and demos by leading R and OSGeo developers,
5 days of Earth System Analysis training sessions and R / OSGeo tutorials
- Including 1 day of R-Spatial workshops,
- Including 1 focus day “extreme events”
Discussion panels and break-out rooms.

Check out the website and registration page! Registration is open through May 29th.

April 14, 2022

PLOCAN scientists visit 52°North

PLOCAN staff carry out hands-on experiments using Sensor Web technologies

We welcomed Rubén Marrero and Mustapha Maarouf from PLOCAN (Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias) to our 52°North offices last week. For three days, the two scientists immersed themselves in the ins and outs of sensor web technologies. After introductory sessions, they were able to use our implementations to carry out their own hands-on experiments. We also had time to discuss possibilities for future cooperation.

Many thanks for their visit – we already look forward to working together.

Their visit was made possible by Staff Mobility funding from the EU FORWARD project.

April 12, 2022

ifgiHACK 2022

Successful hackathon for all ifgi students!

The Institute for Geoinformatics, Univeristy of Münster recently held a three day hackathon for its students. The event started with exciting introductory workshops, such as JavaScript, GitHub and the senseBox. For the next two days, the students coded in groups. 52°North joined a jury with con terra, Code for Münster, re:edu and IfGI to choose the best idea and prototype. The groups LeezenLytics, LeezGo and Regen oder Rad all came up with innovative ideas around cycling, however, team “Take my Junk” was the winner with their online gift box for more sustainability.

Many thanks to all the teams for their committment and great results. We had a great time and supporting and sponsoring the hackathon and look forward to next year’s!