Prepare geodata for a real handover
From messy source attributes to a validated spatial file that another GIS team can load and trust.
Follows GEOG 204: Introduction to GIS syllabus · University of Northern British Columbia, GEOG 204 Introduction to GIS, 2025 syllabus: GIS data files, text-data processing, coordinate systems, vector analysis and data management.
Data Management
What you will be able to do
Given mixed open-data extracts and a receiving system's rules, you can clean identifiers and attributes, validate geometry and CRS, and deliver a named, typed GeoPackage whose contents and precision survive review.
Assumed before you start
- Basic familiarity with GIS layers, attribute tables and point versus polygon geometry.
- Ability to run a short SQL query, Python script or desktop GIS operation with the provided starter contract.
The sequence
Each step assumes the one before it.
- Up nextCan the cycle parking feed report real capacity?Up nextClean a Berlin cycle parking staging table for an operations map and capacity rollup.beginnerDifficulty: beginner130 XP~25 minbeginnerDifficulty: beginner
- 2Protect the bus stop key during the loadRecover zero-padded stop identifiers before a transport timetable join.intermediateDifficulty: intermediate210 XP~40 minintermediateDifficulty: intermediate
- 3Make the pharmacy handover loadableRepair a field table so a Paris health directory can map its pharmacy locations reliably.beginnerDifficulty: beginner125 XP~25 minbeginnerDifficulty: beginner
- 4Package one playground location per source featureTurn mixed playground points and areas into a projected GeoPackage site directory.beginnerDifficulty: beginner130 XP~30 minbeginnerDifficulty: beginner
- 5Repair the park intake without losing its second partRepair an invalid park outline while preserving every valid polygon component.advancedDifficulty: advanced370 XP~55 minadvancedDifficulty: advanced
- 6Deliver an access-safe public toilet layerClassify access honestly and deliver a typed projected GeoPackage without null locations.advancedDifficulty: advanced365 XP~55 minadvancedDifficulty: advanced
- 7Deliver a field-ready public asset registerProjectMerge two open asset extracts into a quality-controlled GeoPackage for field inspection.advancedDifficulty: advanced600 XP~105 minadvancedDifficulty: advanced
Where it leads
Data Management is examined in the Spatial SQL — Associate, which issues the Kharita Certified Spatial SQL (Associate) (KSQL-A1). The problems here are the practice; the assessment is the same kind of problem, under time.