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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, Defend a borough greening shortlistProjectDecision support3 steps

    Measure canopy and summer vegetation on their own grids, then add low-ground context and apply one transparent shortlist rule.

    Remote SensingadvancedDifficulty: advanced620 XP~110 min13 checks

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

    1. Audit the vegetation rasters · Answers
    2. Deliver the borough evidence table · Dataset file
    3. 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 Management
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  3. Not started, Plan a cycle redistribution shiftProjectDecision support3 steps

    Classify the dock snapshot, propose bounded bike moves, and size the resulting shift with its unserved stations visible.

    Spatial AnalysisadvancedDifficulty: advanced600 XP~100 min11 checks

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

    1. Classify the snapshot · SQL
    2. Map feasible transfers · GeoJSON
    3. Size the preliminary shift · Answers

    Dataset

    • Santander Cycles docking stations (live snapshot) · Point · 799 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Classify full and empty active stations in SQL
    • Build a bounded nearest-source transfer map
    • Size a shift and report unserved empties from the same rules
    nearest neighbouroperationscapacityCRStransportLondonAlso trains Data Management, GIS Architecture
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  4. Not started, Screen capital access exceptionsDecision supportGeoJSON

    Use airport and port proximity to flag capitals that need direct logistics verification.

    Spatial AnalysisadvancedDifficulty: advanced580 XP~100 min6 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • Populated places · Point · 1,251 features · EPSG:4326
    • World airports · Point · 893 features · EPSG:4326
    • Ports · Point · 1,081 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Compute nearest-neighbour distances from capitals to two facility layers, geodesically
    • Apply an ordered rule set to derive a category
    • Return the exceptions with the distances that justify them
    nearest neighbourgeodesicclassificationlogisticsglobalAlso trains Data Management
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  5. Not started, Which neighborhoods merit a service follow-up?Decision supportSQL

    Join geocoded service requests to neighborhood polygons and map a review share only where the sample supports it.

    PostGIS / SQLadvancedDifficulty: advanced390 XP~65 min8 checks

    You hand in a spatial SQL query.

    Datasets

    • 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas · MultiPolygon · 262 features · EPSG:4326
    • NYC 311 sewer requests, 1–7 June 2025 · Point · 408 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Join incident locations to neighborhoods with a boundary-inclusive predicate
    • Compute elapsed-time review share with a clear denominator
    • Suppress very small denominator areas before mapping percentages
    NYC 311PostGISspatial joinservice operationsgraduated mapAlso trains Spatial Analysis, Cartography, Data Management
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