Development of a system for measuring green areas in an urban environment in Brno

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How can we develop a system to measure green areas in the urban environment of Brno

The goal is to be able to better measure green areas in Brno by using GIS and satellite data.

Challenge vision

The Architect office in Brno would like to challenge you to create a system which allows measuring green areas in an urban environment of our city. The challenge includes defining what a green area is and to also find a solution how to measure that area. For this challenge, we will provide you with GIS and satellite data. Architects office would like to challenge you to help them define the urban zones for the smart city governance.

The participants can also focus on the development of green areas in the development zones in Brno like Zbrojkovka and new main train station

Data: for that any satellite data can be used (Suggested Sentinel-2 data). We will provide prepared vegetation index and build-up areas that we are preparing for Brno municipality and cadastre data (open data, available on the internet)

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