Co-Creation in the Region – Systemic and Innovative Development of Transfer

Development of an information system to manage spatial research data

As part of the “Co-Site” project, a consortium led by the Cologne University of Applied Sciences is working on solutions to the societal challenges of climate and structural change. An important component of this is the development of an information system for climate adaptation at the municipal level.

In order to develop this component, the Cologne University of Applied Sciences requires support services in the form of consulting and implementation capacities for geodata management, GeoNode and spatial databases. Furthermore, support is needed to systematically record the requirements and to derive a development plan. 52°North provides this support based on its long-term experience in the field of spatial data infrastructures and in the implementation of complex, distributed systems for the use of spatial data. In particular, this includes extensive knowledge of the technologies that may be required to implement the project (e.g. GeoNode). The 52°North team also contributes extensive methodological experience in organizing distributed and agile geo-software development projects.

In 2024, project activities focused on requirements analysis and identification of appropriate system architecture and implementation approaches.

Technische Hochschule Köln, Germany