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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…
Dec 1, 2023
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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. There are lower level packages such…
Sep 8, 2023
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Geographic data analysis in R and Python: comparing code and outputs for vector data

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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 2023.1 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 chapter1 ends with a set of exercises allowing the readers to test how well they understand each presented concepts and approaches. However, exercises are often not enough without…
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…
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
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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
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Demo of reproducible geographic data analysis: mapping Covid-19 data with R

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The…
Apr 23, 2020
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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 Geocomputation with R. The topic of…
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
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Grids and graticules 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 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…
Aug 21, 2019
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