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52°North is devoted to spatial information research. We support open science through open data and open source software.

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💥OneStop4All - A Central Hub for Earth System Sciences 💥
The recent release offers a search interface to thousands of resources (datasets, services, repositories) based on the @nfdi4earth.bsky.social Knowledge Hub.
👉more: blog.52north.org/2025/11/11/n...
#FAIR #fairdata #OneStop4All #RDI
NFDI4Earth’s OneStop4All
Markus Konkol provides insight into the front-end web application that, among other things, assists researchers in finding ESS research materials.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
❓ Interested in streamlining your development of custom, map-centric web applications?

👉 Meet Open Pioneer #Trails - a collaborative open-source project by 52°North and con terra GmbH. blog.52north.org/2025/11/10/o...

#opensource #react #typescript #webmapping #webapps
Open Pioneer Trails
The open-source framework for map-oriented web apps offers an efficient way to develop lightweight or complex map applications.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📢 Discover the stories behind the EU funded I-CISK Project's Living Labs!
New videos showcase the human-centred climate services across Europe and Africa.

👉 52north.org/news/i-cisks...
#CCA, #DRM, #climateservices #codesign #citizenscience
I-CISK's Human-Centred Climate Services - Mini-Documentaries
The I-CISK project has released four new mini-documentary videos capturing the stories, innovations, and people behind its Living Labs.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
AI in Geoinformation – Potential, Practice, and Prospects

The Münsterland Geonetwork invites you to a theme day on November 14, 2025, in Münster. Dr. Simon Jirka will report on AI-supported searches for geodata.

more information and registration: 52north.org/events/ki-in...

#AI #geoinformation
KI in der Geoinformation – Potenziale, Praxis & Perspektive
Das Geonetzwerk Münsterland lädt zum Thementag am 14.11.2025 in Münster ein. Die fortschreitende Digitalisierung von […]
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October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Only two weeks until the 13th German GeoForum kicks off!
On November 12th, S. Drost reports on efficient searches for real-time hydrological data. B. Gräler talks about co-designing open climate data for customized information products for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management.
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"Invited Perspectives: Fostering #interoperability of data, models, communication, and #governance for disaster resilience through transdisciplinary knowledge #coproduction". The #DIRECTED project team shares research insights.
👉 nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/...
#DRM #CCA #disasterresilience
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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📍 GeoMundus 2025 Recap 📍
Over 100 participants shared ideas shaping the future of smart cities. 🌍✨ From digital twins to AI mobility. 💡💙
Thanks to our speakers, panelists, and sponsors — Esri Portugal, CHCNAV, OroraTech, and @52north.org 🙏
#GeoMundus #Geospatial #GeoMundus2025 #GIS #tech
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Speaking tomorrow at this 17th annual event for and by grad students.
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
❓Ever heard of the Data-to-Knowledge package?

👉Markus Konkol and colleagues explain and demonstrate its feasibility in their research and innovation paper “Encouraging reusability of computational research through Data-to-Knowledge Packages - A hydrological use case”.
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Encouraging reusability of computational research through Data-to-Knowledge Packages
Markus Konkol and his colleagues introduce the Data-to-Knowledge package (D2K-Package) in their research and innovation paper.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The #DIRECTED project's Data Fabric is a multifaceted web platform that enables end users to view localized climate change data. Julia Kraatz details its use in the projects' Real World Labs and how it can be used in other EU regions and beyond. blog.52north.org/2025/10/17/o...
#DRM #CCA
Our Shared Future: A look into the Data Fabric
The DIRECTED Data Fabric empowers end users w/ localized climate change data, serving as a model for expanding climate resilience efforts across the EU and beyond.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#KomMonitor Community Day 2025 - Something for everyone: A day of case studies, new features, discussions, and networking!

👉 Sebastian Drost wraps it all up: blog.52north.org/2025/10/20/k...
#urbanmonitoring #urbanplanning #nearrealtimedata
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
As the Google Summer of Code 2025 comes to a close, our students write about their work, challenges and solutions.

Check out Prajal Goyal's bolg post: #KomMonitor: Breathing New Life into an Open-Source Gem
blog.52north.org/2025/09/23/k...

#GSoC2025 #AngularMigration #CodeRefactoring
KomMonitor: Breathing New Life into an Open-Source Gem
Pranjal Goyal migrates KomMonitor from AngularJS to Angular, upgrading libraries, boosting modularity/resuability and expanding the language.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As the Google Summer of Code 2025 comes to a close, our students write about their work, challenges and solutions.

Shreyas Ranganathatalks about his "Genetic Algorithm for Ship Route Optimization"
blog.52north.org/2025/09/29/g...

#routeoptimization #geneticalgorithms #GSoC2025
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Julia Kraatz and Martin Pontius share key insights and observations from the recent #DIRECTED GA. They took a look at challenges of extreme weather events in the Roskilde Fjord.

👉https://blog.52north.org/2025/09/19/flood-protection-and-climate-change-adaptation-in-the-copenhagen-capital-region/
September 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Interested in learining how to design and adapt climate services according to societal needs? Check out the new open online course on co-creation of human-centered Climate Services!

👉 Enroll now! icisk.eu/ihe-delft-la...

#ClimateServices #climatechange #codesign #CoCreation
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Find out what the ENFORCE Project has been up to in the last weeks. Newsletter Issue #2 is now online!

👉 52north.org/news/enforce...

#environmentalprotection #policyenforcement #citizenscience #geodataworkflows
September 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Jano kicked ass again in his keynote talk at GI Science 2025. Deep thinking on how LLMs work and are biased, and on possible spatial angles to improving them.
August 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Learn all about KomMonitor!
Join us for the KomMonitor Community Tag - a day full of presentations, discussions and networking.
When: September 11, 2025 10:00 - 16:00
Where: Herne

More: 52north.org/news/kommoni...
September 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
‪HS Bochum and 52N held interactive workshop at #AGIT2025. Participants explored #KomMonitor Web Application monitoring capabilities, analyzed heat exposure, distribution of vulnerable population groups, and accessibility of green spaces/drinking water infrastructure.

👉https://shorturl.at/fIh6d
July 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's midterm at #GSoC2025! Check out our students' accomplichments.

Pranjal Goyal develops lean migration strategy for complex codebases in #KomMonitor.
blog.52north.org/2025/07/11/d...

Shreyas Ranganatha is enhancing the #WeatherRoutingTool genetic algorithm.
blog.52north.org/2025/07/18/e...
July 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Join Henning Bredel and colleagues @ #FOSS4Geu as they showcase the German #GeoNode community's achievements and invite you to join!
👉 Today, 11:30–12:00 (Europe/Sarajevo), SA02
"From Challenges to Achievements: The Collaborative Path of the German GeoNode User Group"
talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-europ...
July 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Wahl neuer Prorektor:innen: 🗳️ Auf Vorschlag von TUD-Rektorin Prof. Ursula Staudinger hat der Senat der #TUDresden neue Prorektor:innen gewählt. "Damit können wir als neu aufgestelltes Rektoratsteam in den nächsten fünf Jahren unsere TUD strategisch weiterentwickeln", unterstrich die Rektorin.
July 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Zum Rektorat gehören von August 2025 bis August 2030 neben der Rektorin und TUD-Kanzler Jan Gerken:
🔹 Prof. Lars Bernard
🔹 Prof. Roswitha Böhm
🔹 Prof. Niels Modler
🔹 Prof. Angela Rösen-Wolff

Mehr Infos & Stimmen der neuen Prorektor:innen ➡️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
July 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#ECCA2025 wrap up - three successful days, during which 52°North and partners demonstrated climate services (in I-CISK project) and work on disaster risk management (in DIRECTED project).

blog.52north.org/2025/07/08/e...
#ICISK #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateServices #LivingLabs #DIRECTED #DRM #CCA
Enabling Climate Change Adaptation - Showcasing Innovative Tools at ECCA 2025 - Blog - 52north
52°North joined colleagues to present and discuss work being done on climate services (in I-CISK) and disaster risk management (in DIRECTED).
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July 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Ever wonder how #GeoNode can serve as an #AI inference proxy?
In their recent blog post, Henning Bredel and Eike Jürrens explain how this has been done in the PlasticObs+ project.
Check it out! -> blog.52north.org/2025/06/30/g...

#OpenAI #remotesensing #debrisdetection #geodata #KI
GeoNode Serves as AI Inference Proxy
52°North supports the development of a geodata management platform that enables the upload, management and data processing of the raw data.
blog.52north.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM