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Kharita Challenges

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Real geospatial problems, graded automatically. Choose a track, a level and what you want to hand in.

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  1. Not started, Build an earthquake contact reconnaissance queueProjectDecision support3 steps

    Screen strong shallow events, quantify airfield and settlement proximity, and hand over a traceable contact map.

    Spatial AnalysisadvancedDifficulty: advanced550 XP~95 min12 checks

    Worked in 3 steps, each checked before the next one opens.

    1. Select the event queue · SQL
    2. Measure contact gaps · Answers
    3. 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, Cartography
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  2. Not started, How much of each state is built up?Spatial analysisPython

    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.

    PythonadvancedDifficulty: advanced320 XP~55 min5 checks

    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 Management
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