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52° North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH

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52°North is an international research and development partner network with partners from academia, the public sector and industry. Our goal is to foster innovation in the field of geoinformatics by organizing and facilitating a collaborative software development process. The topics we address comprise for example sensor web technologies, the web of things, linked open data, spatial data infrastructures, citizen science, earth observation, and 3D. This selection of topics reflects both the strengths and strategies of the partners involved. Some of our software projects are enviroCar, 52°North SOS, 52°North JavaScript Sensor Web Client, ILWIS, and 52°North WPS. Check out our GitHub organization and our Ohloh page to learn more about the wide range of software our communities work on: from mobile apps to standardized web services, from cutting edge research to established products. 52°North open source projects are used in a broad range of domains (e.g. oceanology, air quality, hydrology, traffic planning) and operational as well as research projects (e.g. European Horizon 2020 projects such as NeXOS, FixO3, WaterInnEU, ODIP II). All of the 52°North software is published under an OSI approved open source license. 52°North GmbH, which is the legal body and service center of the network, acts as a non-profit organization. This means that the shareholders of 52°North do not receive profit shares or payments from company funds. Instead, the profits earned by 52°North are completely re-invested into the innovation and software development process.

Application Instructions

  • Twitter: To apply for a GSoC project at 52°North, please have a look at our ideas page. Before submitting an application, please carefully read the project description, clarify and open questions with the mentors listed in the projects descriptions and complete the code challenge which is required for each application. You can find a detailed description how to apply for a 52°North GSoC project in our Wiki When submitting your application, please make sure to use the following template:
  • Personal Details
  • Name
  • Contact details (email, personal website, Skype, IRC nick, phone number, location/time zone)
  • University/School name
  • Short bio
  • Project
  • Description: Include a link to the description on the ideas page or make clear if this is your own suggestion. Also include potential mentors in the latter case.
  • Preliminary Schedule (milestones and deliverables, planned working hours, and potential other commitments)
  • Motivation (This might, but does not have to, include answers to questions such as: Why 52°North? Why this project? Why Open Source? Why are you suited to carry the project?)
  • Contribution of project to ongoing studies (if applicable)
  • Experience
  • (Open Source) software development experience (including example applications)
  • Programming level
  • Work experience
  • Academic experience and performance
  • References