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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 01/10/2026

💥We have just started a new blg post series "Developing challenge-based services", in which we explain how we design and develop open-source software and infrastructure solutions with a geospatial background! 👉 blog.52north.org/2026/09/16/5...

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 01/10/2026

🚀 Celebrating 20 Years of Open Spatial Innovation! The 52°North Innovation Summit brought together researchers, software engineers, and public sector leaders to explore the future of open Geo-IT, spatial digital twins, and responsible GeoAI. 👉 tinyurl.com/4d73u9p7 #uDT #GeoIT #GeoAI

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20 Years of Open Spatial Innovation - 52°North Summit Highlights

The Innovation Summit brought together domain experts who shared perspectives spanning high-level overviews to in-depth analysis.

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Glen Campbell @glenkcampbell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨 Final call to join our biodiversity webinar to discover how Earth Observation and open data support conservation and environmental decision-making.🌍 Listen to Federica Marando from @esa.int and Matthes Rieke from @52north.org. Register here 👉 bit.ly/4iaCSxv @euenvironmentandclimate.ec.europa.eu

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 16/09/2026

#GSoC26 has come to a close. Check out our students' projects. 👉️ “From Manual Configuration to an Interactive GIS Workflow – My GSoC 2026 Journey” (Shashaank Srivastava) tinyurl.com/4hzt5x4n 👉️ "Building a Safe and Visual MCP Bridge for #OGCAPIs with 52°North" (Pranav Angrish ) tinyurl.com/wmvz8cta

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 14/09/2026

🚀We are excited to host the upcoming 52°North Innovation Summit - Exploring the Next Horizon: Geospatial IT and GeoAI 📆 September 22 – 23, 2026 📍 Münster, Germany Explore the future of open-source Geo-IT innovations. ✅️ Register: forms.gle/e7apzPeQVr1y... 👉️ Program: 52north.org/innovation-s...

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 08/09/2026

#KomMonitor Community Tag 2026 – Anmeldung freigeschaltet! 📆 07. Oktober, 2026 🕙️ 10:00 - 16:00 🌐Lohnhalle der G.I.B. NRW, Im Blankenfeld 6-8, 46238 Bottrop 👉️Infos und Anmeldung: eveeno.com/kommonitor-c...

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 08/09/2026

Hochschule Bochum bewirbt sich für den Community-Preis 2026 mit #KomMonitor! KomMonitor: Open-Source-Monitoring für kommunale Planung und Steuerung 👉️ open-source-wettbewerb.de/voting/kommo... Beim Community Voting hat jede(r) genau eine Stimme. Bis zum 30.09.2026 Stimme abgeben!

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 06/08/2026

Eike Jürrens shares insights from the recent #FOSS4GEU conference during which he introduced a technical solution for cost-efficient, heterogeneous geospatial processing with #pygeoapi and #Kubernetes. 👉https://blog.52north.org/2026/08/06/foss4g-europe-2026-in-timisoara-from-heat-dome-to-heat-dome/

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 21/07/2026

📣Announcing the DIRECTED Project Tutorial Series! Learn how to use the #DIRECTED platform’s UI. Each video presents a different component of the #DataFabric - a modern, open-source interoperable cloud infrastructure connecting data silos and integrating models. 👉https://tinyurl.com/2uystrvj

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 17/07/2026

🎉 We're celebrating our 20th anniversary! 🥳 In his blog post, Albert Remke reflects on 52°North’s transformation from an open source initiative into a global partner for spatial information research and innovation. 👉 blog.52north.org/2026/07/14/5... #opensource #spatialinformationresearch

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 16/07/2026

⏰️ It's mid-terms at Google Summer of Code! Our two students have just completed their mid-term blog posts, so check out what they've accomplished so far! 👉️ tinyurl.com/qgis-plugin (Shashaank Srivastava) 👉️ tinyurl.com/mcp-bridge4o... (Pranav Angrish) #GSoC #QGIS #OGCAPIs #WRT #MCP

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 30/06/2026

📣52°North previewed web-based user interface for monitoring coral reef and seagrass mappings for PEOPLE-ECCO project. 👉https://52north.org/news/hands-on-workshop-for-biodiversity-monitoring-in-malaysia/ #biodiversity #PeopleEcco

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Hands-on Workshop for Biodiversity Monitoring in Malaysia

52°North presents a preview of the PEOPLE-ECCO web-based user interface for monitoring coral reef and seagrass mappings.

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Universität Münster @uni-muenster.de · 23/06/2026

Nicht Differenzen diskutieren, sondern gemeinsam Fußball spielen: „TeamSpirit – Sportlich. Demokratisch. Interreligiös.“, ein neues Event-Format, das am 10. Juli im Preußenstadion stattfindet. Das Turnier geht von 9 bis 16 Uhr. Die Anmeldung ist bis zum 28. Juni möglich.

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„TeamSpirit“ bringt die Uni Münster auf den Fußballplatz

Was passiert, wenn Menschen unterschiedlicher Religionen, Kulturen und Fakultäten nicht über ihre Differenzen diskutieren, sondern gemeinsam Fußball spielen? Diese Frage steht im Zentrum von „TeamSpir...

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 15/06/2026

📣Kubernetes meets Geospatial! Join us @foss4geurope and discover the pygeoapi-K8s-manager - a #pygeoapi plugin that uses K8s Jobs to deliver isolated, resource-efficient execution of complex OGC API Processes. 📆 July 1, 2026 🕞 15:30 👉 2026.europe.foss4g.org/schedule/tal...

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 15/06/2026

❓How can we better equip citizens to safeguard our natural environment❓ 👉 The #ENFORCE Data Space Compliance Platform - a multi-tool suite designed to integrate citizen science data and external data sources. B. Proß explains the ins and outs: blog.52north.org/2026/06/09/e... #datasovereignty

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ENFORCE Data Space Compliance Platform

52°North bridges the gap between citizen science and environmental policy enforcement through interoperable data infrastructure.

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 11/06/2026

📣 Webinar “Data for Resilience: Building the #DIRECTED #DataFabric” 📆 June 26, 2026 🕚 11:00 CEST Experts from 52°North and SaferPlaces present how interoperability standards, shared architectures and connected services link data/modelling systems across Europe. 👉 more: tinyurl.com/mun54c5t

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Data for Resilience: Building the DIRECTED Data Fabric Webinar

52°North and SaferPlaces show how interoperability standards, shared architecture, connected services link data/modelling systems across Europe.

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 21/05/2026

🚀The future of municipal data is direct and seamless! #DUVA - #KomMonitor interface makes municipal statistical time series data instantly available for spatio-temporal analysis and visualization. Minimize data redundancy - strengthen cross-departmental planning! 👉 tinyurl.com/2msw3dan

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Interfacing KomMonitor and DUVA

Making complex, municipal statistical time series data from DUVA readily accessible and analyzable with KomMonitor.

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 08/05/2026

📣 The Federal Ministry of Education, Research and Space launched 7 new new projects plus a research and coordination project to develop Urban Digital Twins for climate-resilient urban planning. 👉 More: shorturl.at/C7JQp 🗞️ Official kick-off PR: shorturl.at/9Ygzb #BMFTR #digitaltwins #LinkUDT #UDT

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Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit | FONA

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 05/05/2026

📣 The latest issue of the #NFDI4Earth Newsletter is online! Find out what the consortium has been up to recently and what’s in store for the near future. 👉 www.nfdi4earth.de/component/ac... 😃 pssst... don't miss the article on #OneStop4All! #EGU26 #FAIR

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 04/05/2026

🎉We are excited to welcome Pranav Angrish and Shashaank Srivastava as our #GSOC26 contributors! 👉 52north.org/news/welcome... Stay tuned for their blog post series! #LLM #WRT #QGIS

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 04/05/2026

❓How can you make computational research more reusable❓ 👉May 8, 8:30-10:15 Short course: "Supporting the understanding/reuse of #reproducible analysis workflows". 👉May 8, 16:15–18:00 Poster: From Data Rocks to #FAIR Peaks ( #NFDI4Earth ) 52north.org/events/egu-g... #EGU26 @egu.eu

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 29/04/2026

📣 More compelling topics at #EGU26 ‼️ ️ Interested in learning how you can improve spatial data discovery by overcoming existing challenges in #SDIs and leveraging natural language queries? Join us: 📅 Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 🕓 16:44–16:46 👉 52north.org/events/egu-g... #LLM #spatialdatadiscovery

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 29/04/2026

💡 #EGU26 *highlight* PICO talk 💡 Simon Jirka focuses on positioning Urban Digital Twins (#UDTs) as key tools to accelerate urban planning. 📅 Thursday, May 7, 2026 🕓 16:22–16:24 👉https://52north.org/events/egu-general-assemly-2026/ #urbandigitaltwins #urbanplanning #climateadaptation @egu.eu

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 28/04/2026

📣With @egu.eu just around the corner, we are polishing our #DIRECTED project presentations. 52°North and partners will showcase various aspects/perspectives on developing interoperable tools and governance for disaster risk management. 👉https://52north.org/events/egu-general-assemly-2026/ #EGU26

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 23/04/2026

📣 Benedikt Gräler discusses how interoperable geospatial information tools strengthen disaster resilience during the Climate Resilience and Disaster Management session at the Geospatial World Forum 2026. 📅 Friday, May 1, 2026 🕓 1415 – 1500 #GWF2026 #ClimateResilience #DisasterRiskManagement

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 12/03/2026

😀Join the first webinar in the #DIRECTED Webinar Series exploring how #RealWorldLabs are helping regions turn climate risk analysis into real-world decisions. 27 March 2026 | 11:00 CET 👉Register here: tinyurl.com/directed-web...

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 09/03/2026

Good news from the #TwinShip General Assembly in Valencia. We are all making good progress and are on (even ahead of) schedule! Check out our first year accomplishments on the #WeatherRoutingTool ( #WRT ) blog.52north.org/2026/03/09/t... #routeoptimization #shiprouteoptimization

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 23/02/2026

What an exhilarating day! #52NThinkTank Many thanks to Krzysztof Janowicz, Carsten Keßler, Serkan Girgin, @mgould.bsky.social, Antonio Krüger, Edzer Pebesma, Christian Elfers for their time, critical questions, brilliant insights, intriguing scenarios and ongoing support! Lots of food for thought.

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 20/11/2025

🚨The Weather Routing Tool ( #WRT ) uses environmental data, including various meteorological parameters (such as wind and waves) and water depth information to calculate optimal #maritime routes. Interested in how this works? 👉 The WRT Documentation is now online! 52north.org/news/the-wea...

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The Weather Routing Tool - Documentation Online

Are you interested in learing how to use the WRT to calculate optimal maritime routes? The documentation is a good place to start!

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 13/11/2025

💥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

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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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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 11/11/2025

❓ 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

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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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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 31/10/2025

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

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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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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 29/10/2025

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.

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 28/10/2025

"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

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Geospatial Technologies @geotech-msc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📍 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

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Michael Gould @mgould.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Speaking tomorrow at this 17th annual event for and by grad students.

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 21/10/2025

❓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”. 52north.org/news/encoura...

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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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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 20/10/2025

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

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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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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 20/10/2025

#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

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 29/09/2025

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

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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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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 29/09/2025

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

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 22/09/2025

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/

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 18/09/2025

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

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 18/09/2025

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

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Michael Gould @mgould.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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.

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 08/09/2025

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...

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 24/07/2025

‪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

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52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH @52north.org · 18/07/2025

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...

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