Omdena-CBP-Tanzania/omdena-cbp-tanzania-classroom-d4cad3-gis-data-science-GIS_Assignment

omdena-cbp-tanzania-classroom-d4cad3-gis-data-science-GIS_Assignment created by GitHub Classroom # GIS Data Science Assignment: Climate Change Analysis in Tanzania ## Assignment Overview - This assignment will test students' ability to work with GIS data in the context of climate change analysis for Tanzania. Students will learn to: - Understand and work with basic GIS data structures - Read and process GIS data using Python - Create effective visualizations of spatial data - Perform exploratory data analysis on climate variables ### Data Sources - Tanzania administrative boundaries (shapefile) - Historical climate data (temperature and precipitation) - Land use/land cover data - Climate projection data ## Assignment Components ### Part 1: GIS Data Basics - Understanding shapefiles - Coordinate reference systems - Feature attributes ### Part 2: Data Loading and Processing - Reading shapefiles with Geopandas - Manipulating spatial data - Joining climate data with spatial boundaries ### Part 3: Data Visualization - Creating choropleth maps - Time series visualization of climate variables - Interactive mapping ### Part 4: Climate Change EDA - Analyzing temperature and precipitation trends - Identifying climate change hotspots - Regional climate variation analysis ## Grading Criteria - Correct implementation of GIS operations (40%) - Quality of visualizations (25%) - Accuracy of analysis and interpretations (25%) - Code quality and documentation (10%)