Weather Routing Tool - QGIS Plugin

The 52°North Weather Routing Tool (WRT) computes fuel-optimal maritime routes but is entirely configuration-file-driven, making it inaccessible to non-developer users. This project delivers a QGIS plugin that solves this problem. A six-page guided wizard covers route setup with map-click waypoint entry, vessel parameters, weather and depth dataset upload with validation, algorithm selection, and constraint configuration - exporting a ready-to-run JSON config. A dockable weather panel renders NetCDF variables as time-animated layers with spatial subset statistics. A route visualization module displays WRT output with per-waypoint fuel consumption popups and distance calculation. An optional component runs the WRT directly from QGIS via an isolated Python venv, streaming live progress to the canvas. Deliverables: installable QGIS plugin, all four components and full documentation.