Course Outline
This course will be structured as follows:
- Introducing R as a GIS
- The structure of spatial objects in R
- Loading and interrogating spatial data with {sf}
- Visualising spatial data sets with {tmap}
- Data manipulation with spatial data using {dplyr}
- Spatial joins
- Coordinate reference systems (CRS)
- Interactive maps with {leaflet}
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the day participants will…
- have learned how spatial data is stored and how to import such data into R
- be able to visualise data in the form of static maps
- understand how to manipulate spatial data using {dplyr} functionality
- develop an understanding as to the importance of CRS in describing geographic data
- be able to create interactive maps to visualise their data
Prior Knowledge
It is expected that participants have basic R experience, e.g. attending the Introduction to R and Programming with R courses or having a similar level of knowledge. The course will be hands-on and applied with short introductory lectures to each of the topics, followed by practical sessions loading and analysing real spatial datasets.
