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Geocomputation with R competition: book cover for the 2nd edition
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This is a guest blog post written by Benjamin Nowak. He is the winner of the Geocomputation with R book cover competition for the second edition of the book. Congratulations!
Jan 17, 2024
3 min
An overview of the rsi R package for retrieving satellite imagery and calculating spectral indices
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rsi
is a recent R package developed by Michael Mahoney and funded by Permian Global Research. It offers features that simplify the process of acquiring spatial data from…
Jan 10, 2024
7 min
Say hi to ‘Geocomputation with Python’
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Geocomputation with Python
, also known as
geocompy
, is an open-source book on geographic data analysis with Python.
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It is written by Michael Dorman, Anita Graser, Robin…
Dec 12, 2023
3 min
Geocomputation with R comptetition: book cover for the 2nd edition
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The 2nd edition of Geocomputation with R is due to be published in 2024. Now, we’re looking for a new cover image and we’d like your help. The competition is open to all and…
Dec 1, 2023
2 min
R-spatial beyond sf
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sf
has transformed the R ecosystem and helped pave the way for wider adoption of geospatial workflows by R users. The R-spatial ecosystem, however, is much bigger than just
sf
…
Sep 8, 2023
9 min
Geographic data analysis in R and Python: comparing code and outputs for vector data
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python
In this blog post, we talk about our experience teaching R and Python for geocomputation. The focus of the blog post is on geographic vector data, meaning points, lines…
Aug 30, 2023
10 min
Upcoming changes to popular R packages for spatial data: what you need to do
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Three popular R packages for spatial data handling won’t be available on CRAN after October 2023.
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These packages are:
Jun 4, 2023
10 min
Automatic website for the Geocomputation with R solutions
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Geocomputation with R is a book on geographic data analysis, visualization, and modeling. Each chapter
1
ends with a set of exercises allowing the readers to test how well…
Feb 24, 2022
4 min
Progress update: Geocomputation with R Second Edition Part 1
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Geocomputation with R is a book on geographic data analysis, visualization, and modeling. The First Edition was first published as a physical book in 2019 and we have…
Jan 27, 2022
5 min
Geocomputation with R: Second Edition feedback
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TL;DR: Please help us by filling out the survey at https://forms.gle/nq9RmbxJyZXQgc948.
Sep 6, 2021
2 min
Conversions between different spatial classes in R
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The R programming language has, over the past two decades, evolved substantial spatial data analysis capabilities, and is now one of the most powerful environments for…
Jun 17, 2021
5 min
Recent changes in R spatial and how to be ready for them
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Currently, hundreds of R packages are related to spatial data analysis. They range from ecology and earth observation, hydrology and soil science, to transportation and…
Apr 25, 2020
2 min
Demo of reproducible geographic data analysis: mapping Covid-19 data with R
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The coronavirus pandemic is a global phenomenon that will affect the lives of the majority of the world’s population for years to come. Impacts range from physical…
Apr 23, 2020
10 min
Installing spatial R packages on Ubuntu
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This post explains how to quickly get key R packages for geographic research installed on Ubuntu, a popular Linux distribution.
Mar 30, 2020
12 min
Inset maps with ggplot2
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Inset maps enable multiple places to be shown in the same geographic data visualisation, as described in the Inset maps section (8.2.7) of our open source book…
Dec 8, 2019
9 min
Map coloring: the color scale styles available in the tmap package
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This vignette builds on the making maps chapter of the Geocomputation with R book. Its goal is to demonstrate all possible map styles available in the
tmap
package.
Oct 17, 2019
10 min
Grids and graticules in the tmap package
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rstats
This vignette builds on the making maps chapter of the Geocomputation with R book. Its goal is to demonstrate how to set and modify grids and graticules in the
tmap
package.
Sep 4, 2019
3 min
Geographic projections and transformations
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This workbook outlines key concepts and functions related to map projections — also referred to as coordinate reference systems (CRSs) — and transformation of geographic…
Aug 21, 2019
7 min
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