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, Classify a map where most of the values are zeroCartographyAnswersCartographyadvancedDifficulty: advanced290 XP~45 min6 checksCartographyadvancedDifficulty: advanced
Quantile breaks collapse on a distribution dominated by zeros. Measure how, on the river-kilometres-per-country table, and say what a map maker should do instead.
You hand in your answers as values.
Datasets
- Countries · MultiPolygon · 241 features · EPSG:4326
- Rivers and lake centrelines · LineString · 461 features · EPSG:4326
What you’ll do
- Reproduce a derived per-country measure
- Compute quantile and equal-interval breaks on a zero-heavy distribution
- Quantify how each scheme distributes the countries
choroplethclassificationquantileszero-inflatedhydrologyAlso trains Python, Spatial AnalysisOpen problem - Not started, Deliver a field-ready public asset registerProjectData preparation4 stepsData ManagementadvancedDifficulty: advanced600 XP~105 min17 checksData ManagementadvancedDifficulty: advanced
Merge two open asset extracts into a quality-controlled GeoPackage for field inspection.
Worked in 4 steps, each checked before the next one opens.
- Audit both incoming sources · Answers
- Build the common asset model · Dataset file
- Verify and round coordinates · GeoJSON
- Package and verify the handover · Dataset file
Datasets
- Melbourne toilet source · Point · 7 features · EPSG:4326
- Melbourne drinking-water source · Point · 21 features · EPSG:4326
What you’ll do
- Profile and reconcile two source layers without multiplying assets.
- Normalise access without representing unknown status as public.
- Deliver a reproducible, typed WGS 84 GeoPackage handover.
data-preparationprojectgeopackagemelbournehandoverAlso trains Spatial Analysis, CartographyOpen project