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  1. Not started, Docks and bikes per borough, in one querySpatial analysisSQL

    A point-in-polygon join with GROUP BY — and the outer join that keeps the boroughs with nothing to count.

    PostGIS / SQLbeginnerDifficulty: beginner150 XP~25 min4 checks

    You hand in a spatial SQL query.

    Datasets

    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326
    • Santander Cycles docking stations (live snapshot) · Point · 799 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Join stations to boroughs with a spatial predicate
    • Aggregate per borough
    • Keep every borough, including the ones outside the scheme
    ST_ContainsGROUP BYouter jointransportLondonAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  2. Not started, Normalise the map before you shade itCartographyGeoJSON

    Turn a count into a rate: population per square kilometre for every country, with the area measured rather than looked up.

    CartographybeginnerDifficulty: beginner140 XP~25 min6 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Dataset

    • Countries · MultiPolygon · 241 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Measure every polygon's area in an equal-area projection
    • Compute a rate by dividing the count by the area
    • Return every country, ready to shade
    choroplethnormalisationEqual EarthdensityglobalAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  3. Not started, Package one playground location per source featureData preparationDataset file

    Turn mixed playground points and areas into a projected GeoPackage site directory.

    Data ManagementbeginnerDifficulty: beginner130 XP~30 min6 checks

    You hand in a prepared dataset file.

    Dataset

    • Sydney playground mixed-geometry source · Point · 8 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Convert mixed source geometry into a consistent site layer.
    • Reproject coordinates to the receiving metric CRS.
    • Package exact schema and layer name in GeoPackage.
    data-preparationsydneyfileAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  4. Not started, Which airports sit inside a city?Spatial analysisGeoJSON

    Point-in-polygon screening: the airports whose point falls inside a built-up footprint, for a noise-exposure programme.

    Spatial AnalysisbeginnerDifficulty: beginner130 XP~20 min5 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • World airports · Point · 893 features · EPSG:4326
    • Urban areas · Polygon · 2,143 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Test each point for containment in any polygon of a second layer
    • Return the qualifying points once each, with their attributes
    point-in-polygonspatial joinscreeningaviationglobalAlso trains Data Management
    Open problem
  5. Not started, Which boroughs is the cycle-hire scheme actually in?Spatial analysisGeoJSON

    Join 799 docking stations to 33 boroughs and rank them by docks per square kilometre.

    Spatial AnalysisbeginnerDifficulty: beginner130 XP~25 min6 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326
    • Santander Cycles docking stations (live snapshot) · Point · 799 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Spatially join docking stations to the borough that contains them
    • Sum docking points per borough without dropping the boroughs that have none
    • Measure borough area in a metric CRS and compute docks per km²
    spatial joinaggregationCRStransportLondonAlso trains Data Management
    Open problem
  6. Not started, Which countries have no airport in the registry?Spatial analysisPython

    A points-in-polygons count as a script the grader runs: one row per country, zeros kept, on a global registry that misses a lot of places.

    PythonbeginnerDifficulty: beginner150 XP~30 min4 checks

    You hand in a Python script.

    Datasets

    • Countries · MultiPolygon · 241 features · EPSG:4326
    • World airports · Point · 893 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Read both layers from /data and join points to polygons with a spatial predicate
    • Count per country without losing the countries that count zero
    • Assign the finished GeoDataFrame, one row per country, to result
    GeoPandasspatial joinreproducibilityaviationglobalAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  7. Not started, Airports per state, as a script that runs againSpatial analysisPython

    Spatially join a global airport layer to US states and hand back one row per state, zeros included — in a script the grader runs.

    PythonintermediateDifficulty: intermediate190 XP~35 min5 checks

    You hand in a Python script.

    Datasets

    • United States states · Polygon · 51 features · EPSG:4326
    • World airports · Point · 893 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Read both layers from /data and join airports to states with a spatial predicate
    • Count airports and major airports per state without losing a state that has none
    • Assign the finished GeoDataFrame, one row per state, to the variable named result
    GeoPandasspatial joinreproducibilityaviationAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  8. Not started, At which zoom does the dock layer fit in a tile?Web deliveryAnswers

    Count features per XYZ tile across zoom levels to set a vector-tile pipeline's minimum zoom and its per-tile limit honestly.

    Web GISintermediateDifficulty: intermediate190 XP~30 min4 checks

    You hand in your answers as values.

    Dataset

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

    What you’ll do

    • Convert coordinates to tile indices at several zooms
    • Count features per tile and find the maximum
    • Choose a minimum zoom from the data rather than a default
    vector tilesXYZtippecanoezoom levelsLondonAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  9. Not started, Build the global seismic reconnaissance watchlistDecision supportPython

    Turn a fixed USGS event feed into a mapped, reproducible shallow strong-event watchlist for requesting impact products.

    Spatial AnalysisintermediateDifficulty: intermediate240 XP~40 min5 checks

    You hand in a Python script.

    Dataset

    • Global M5.5+ earthquakes, Jan–Mar 2025 · Point · 86 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Apply two inclusive, unit-aware filters to the frozen event snapshot
    • Carry stable event identifiers and response metadata into a point GeoDataFrame
    • Map event magnitude as a proportional point result without claiming it is impact
    USGSearthquakesGeoPandasemergency screeningglobalAlso trains Python, Data Management, Cartography
    Open problem
  10. Not started, How big does Web Mercator make Greenland?CartographyAnswers

    Put a number on the most famous distortion in cartography: the same countries measured on the ellipsoid and on the projection every web map uses.

    CartographyintermediateDifficulty: intermediate210 XP~30 min4 checks

    You hand in your answers as values.

    Dataset

    • Countries · MultiPolygon · 241 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Measure area geodesically or in an equal-area projection
    • Project the same polygons to Web Mercator and take their planar area
    • Express the distortion as ratios a reader can repeat
    Web Mercatorprojectionarea distortionEqual EarthglobalAlso trains Spatial Analysis
    Open problem
  11. Not started, How much of each borough lies below ten metres?Raster analysisGeoJSON

    Threshold a DEM, count inside polygons, and turn pixels into square kilometres on a geographic grid — a flood-screening figure per borough.

    Spatial AnalysisintermediateDifficulty: intermediate240 XP~40 min6 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • Greater London elevation (Copernicus DEM GLO-30) · Raster · EPSG:4326
    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Threshold a continuous raster
    • Count the thresholded pixels per polygon
    • Convert pixels to ground area on a geographic grid
    DEMthresholdzonalpixel areafloodLondonAlso trains Remote Sensing
    Open problem
  12. Not started, How much of Inner London is a five-minute walk from a dock?Spatial analysisGeoJSON

    Buffer, dissolve and clip: the covered share of each Inner London borough at a 400 m walk.

    Spatial AnalysisintermediateDifficulty: intermediate240 XP~45 min5 checks

    You hand in a GeoJSON result.

    Datasets

    • London boroughs · Polygon · 33 features · EPSG:4326
    • Santander Cycles docking stations (live snapshot) · Point · 799 features · EPSG:4326

    What you’ll do

    • Buffer 799 stations by 400 m in a metric CRS
    • Dissolve the buffers into one coverage geometry
    • Clip the coverage to each Inner London borough
    bufferdissolveclipCRStransportLondonAlso trains Cartography
    Open problem
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