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  1. Not started, Why a cloud-optimised GeoTIFF is cheap to serveWeb deliveryAnswers

    Read a COG's internal structure — tiles, overviews, bytes — and turn it into the numbers a tile server's capacity plan rests on.

    GIS ArchitectureintermediateDifficulty: intermediate200 XP~30 min4 checks

    You hand in your answers as values.

    Datasets

    • Greater London land cover 2021 (ESA WorldCover 10 m) · Raster · EPSG:4326
    • Greater London, Sentinel-2 red and NIR, 11 July 2025 · Raster · EPSG:32630

    What you’ll do

    • Read a GeoTIFF's block size and overview structure
    • Count internal tiles from dimensions and block size
    • Relate the structure to what a tile request costs
    COGGeoTIFFtile servercapacity planningrasterAlso trains Web GIS
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