Problems
Real geospatial problems, graded automatically. Choose a track, a level and what you want to hand in.
- Not started, Build an earthquake contact reconnaissance queueProjectDecision support3 stepsSpatial AnalysisadvancedDifficulty: advanced550 XP~95 min12 checksSpatial AnalysisadvancedDifficulty: advanced
Screen strong shallow events, quantify airfield and settlement proximity, and hand over a traceable contact map.
Worked in 3 steps, each checked before the next one opens.
- Select the event queue · SQL
- Measure contact gaps · Answers
- Hand over the access map · Python
Datasets
- Global M5.5+ earthquakes, Jan–Mar 2025 · Point · 86 features · EPSG:4326
- World airports · Point · 893 features · EPSG:4326
- Populated places · Point · 1,251 features · EPSG:4326
What you’ll do
- Select a reproducible event queue in SQL
- Measure two independent global proximity indicators
- Deliver an auditable access map with an explicit contact-gap distinction
projectUSGSnearest neighbourlogisticsglobalAlso trains Python, Data Management, CartographyOpen project - Not started, How much of each state is built up?Spatial analysisPythonPythonadvancedDifficulty: advanced320 XP~55 min5 checksPythonadvancedDifficulty: advanced
Overlay the urban footprints on the states in an equal-area projection and credit each side of a state line only what lies on it.
You hand in a Python script.
Datasets
- United States states · Polygon · 51 features · EPSG:4326
- Urban areas · Polygon · 2,143 features · EPSG:4326
What you’ll do
- Reproject both layers to an equal-area CRS
- Clip the urban footprints to the states with an overlay
- Sum clipped area per state and express it as a share of the state's area
GeoPandasoverlayequal-areaAlbersland useAlso trains Spatial Analysis, Data ManagementOpen problem