Hesburgh Libraries

Introduction to Geospatial R

Friday, April 14, 2023

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

246 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship

Come learn the basics to get started with making maps and visualizing spatial information in R.

Current solutions for creating maps usually involve GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS, etc., which allow users to visually prepare a map in the same way one might prepare a poster or other document layout. An alternative approach is to use R, a free and open-source software development environment (IDE) that is used for computing statistical data and graphics in a programmable language. R has developed advanced spatial capabilities over the years, and can be used to draw maps programmatically.

This workshop will go over some of the basics of using spatial data in the R programming language, primarily using the sf package. Basic tasks like opening and using shapefiles and georeferenced raster images will be outlined.

Prerequisites:

  1. No previous experience with GIS data is assumed, but some background in using R and Rstudio is encouraged.

Instructor: Matthew Sisk, Associate Professor of the Practice (GIS and Data Science) at the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society

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