Horizon Europe · SpongeScapes

Plan sponge measures with confidence

SpongeGIS is a spatial decision-support platform for valorising landscapes by their potential for water retention. Upload your data, choose factors, and produce opportunity maps in minutes.

Built for water-retention planning

A scientific, open platform for researchers, river-basin managers, and consultants. Integrates global datasets with your local field data.

Spatial analysis on real data

Bring your own SPU grid or generate it from administrative boundaries. Compute 20+ scientific factors per cell.

Configurable valorisation

Pick goals, assign weights to factors, validate correlations, and aggregate with reproducible class binning.

Export-ready outputs

Download opportunity maps as GeoTIFF, CSV, or GeoJSON. Use them directly in QGIS, ArcGIS, or any GIS workflow.

Recommended user workflow

From defining a study area to downloading the final map — 10 clear steps.

1

Delineate analysis boundary

Choose an administrative unit or upload your own polygon.

2

Identify key problems

What hydrological challenge are you trying to address?

3

Select sponge measures

Browse the SpongeScapes platform for retention measures.

4

Acquire data

Source the input layers you need for the factors you plan to compute.

5

Register an account

One free account per researcher — confirmed by your email.

6

Create a project

Log in and start a new valorisation session for your study area.

7

Select factors

Pick from the SpongeGIS factor library — slope, TWI, soil, land use, and more.

8

Upload input data

SPU grid, rasters, shapefiles — validated automatically.

9

Generate opportunity maps

Run correlation, weight, aggregate, valorise — all in the browser.

10 · Download your maps

Export results as GeoTIFF or CSV — ready to use anywhere.

Questions, feedback, or a bug to report?

Contact the SpongeGIS team or share thoughts on our consultations portal.

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