Problems
Real geospatial problems, graded automatically. Choose a track, a level and what you want to hand in.
- Not started, What is Greater London made of?Raster analysisAnswersRemote SensingbeginnerDifficulty: beginner
A class histogram on a 10 m land-cover raster: the shares a planning document quotes, and the reason a pixel count is not quite an area.
You hand in your answers as values.
Dataset
- Greater London land cover 2021 (ESA WorldCover 10 m) · Raster · EPSG:4326
What you’ll do
- Read a categorical raster and count pixels per class
- Express classes as shares of the valid pixels
- State what the number is and is not
land coverWorldCoverhistogramrasterLondonAlso trains Data ManagementOpen problem - Not started, Accept the rasters, or send them backData qualityAnswersData ManagementintermediateDifficulty: intermediate200 XP~35 min6 checksData ManagementintermediateDifficulty: intermediate
The checks a data manager runs on delivered rasters before anyone analyses them: extent, nodata, value range, and whether the figures are plausible for the place.
You hand in your answers as values.
Datasets
- Greater London elevation (Copernicus DEM GLO-30) · Raster · EPSG:4326
- 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 raster metadata and full-resolution statistics
- Distinguish nodata from valid extremes
- Record facts a later dispute can start from
raster QAnodatametadataacceptanceLondonAlso trains Remote SensingOpen problem - Not started, How green was London on 11 July 2025?Raster analysisAnswersRemote SensingintermediateDifficulty: intermediate220 XP~35 min4 checksRemote SensingintermediateDifficulty: intermediate
Compute NDVI from a two-band Sentinel-2 clip, handle nodata and integer types properly, and report the distribution a monitoring programme quotes.
You hand in your answers as values.
Dataset
- Greater London, Sentinel-2 red and NIR, 11 July 2025 · Raster · EPSG:32630
What you’ll do
- Compute a band ratio index with correct types
- Exclude nodata from every statistic
- Summarise the index as the programme's three figures
NDVISentinel-2band mathnodataLondonOpen problem - Not started, Defend a borough greening shortlistProjectDecision support3 stepsRemote SensingadvancedDifficulty: advanced620 XP~110 min13 checksRemote SensingadvancedDifficulty: advanced
Measure canopy and summer vegetation on their own grids, then add low-ground context and apply one transparent shortlist rule.
Worked in 3 steps, each checked before the next one opens.
- Audit the vegetation rasters · Answers
- Deliver the borough evidence table · Dataset file
- Add low-ground context and shortlist · GeoJSON
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
- Greater London elevation (Copernicus DEM GLO-30) · Raster · EPSG:4326
- London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326
What you’ll do
- Audit the two vegetation measures from observed raster pixels
- Hand over a per-borough canopy and NDVI table as a GIS file
- Add area-weighted low ground and an explicit shortlist flag
zonal statisticsNDVIland coverDEMmulti-criteriaLondonAlso trains Spatial Analysis, Data ManagementOpen project - Not started, Screen Newham’s greening gridProjectRaster analysis3 stepsRemote SensingadvancedDifficulty: advanced600 XP~100 min10 checksRemote SensingadvancedDifficulty: advanced
Audit a real land-cover chip, deliver a measured grid file, and identify cells for field verification.
Worked in 3 steps, each checked before the next one opens.
- Audit the class chip · Answers
- Hand over the measured grid · Dataset file
- Map field-verification cells · GeoJSON
Datasets
- Newham WorldCover 2021 class chip · Raster · EPSG:4326
- London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326
What you’ll do
- Audit class counts in the clipped raster
- Prepare a traceable borough grid as an uploaded GIS file
- Return only cells that meet a stated greening screen
NewhamWorldCoverurban greeningoffline rasterAlso trains Data Management, Spatial AnalysisOpen project