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Alex Mandel @aimandel aimandel@ucdavis.edu
August 17, 2017
What is Rspatial.org

A website to learn:

spatial data
analysis
spatial modeling

with R.

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About: Who

Dr. Robert Hijmans:

- author of raster, dismo, geosphere, etc
- also creator of WorldClim and GADM data.
Dr. Ani Ghosh - Remote Sensing
Dr. Alex Mandel - Geoinformatics

Reviewed and tested by undergraduate and graduate

students.

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About: What

Originally for Graduate level Quantitative Geography. Now for

undergraduates, academics, workshops around the world,
and you!

Explanations and Examples, not just a reference.

Written in Rmarkdown,
Embedded with R code.
Knit(ed) to md,
pandoc(ed) to rst
compiled with Sphinx to html.

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Intro to R

1. Introduction sapply and lapply

2. Basic data types
To iterate over a list, we can use lapply or sapply. The difference is
3. Basic data structures that lapply always returns a list while sapply tries to simplify the
4. Indexing result to a vector or matrix.
5. Algebra
6. Read and write files names <- list('Antoinette', 'Mary', 'Duncan', 'Obalaya')

7. Data exploration nchar('Jim')

8. Functions
9. Apply <---------------- ## [1] 3

10. Flow control

11. Data preparation
sapply(names, nchar)
12. Graphics
13. Statistical models
14. Miscellaneous ## [1] 10 4 6 7

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Basics of Spatial Data in R

Vector
Raster
Projections
Making Maps

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Spatial Data Analysis

Distance
Autocorrelation
Interpolation
Distribution Models
Local Regression
Spatial Regression
Point Patterns
Remote Sensing

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Overview

Intro to R Spatial Data Analysis

Basics of Spatial Data in R
- Vector
- Raster
- Coordinate References
Systems (Projections)
- Making Maps
- Distance
- Autocorrelation
- Interpolation
- Distribution Models
- Local Regression
- Spatial Regression
- Point Patterns
- Remote Sensing

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Overview: Packages

Packages used to make Rspatial.org, not including

dependencies.

deldir dismo fields

geosphere gstat kernlab

knitr latticeExtra maptools

RandomFields randomForest raster

rasterVis rgdal rgeos

rgl rpart sp

spatstat spdep spgwr

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But wait, there's more

Spherical
Computation
Species
Distribution
Modeling
Case Studies
- Example:
Measuring
Coastlines

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Use it

Spatial Data Analysis and Modeling for Agricultural Development

Arusha Tanzania, 2016
45 People, 6 Instructors, 5 Days
http://gfc.ucdavis.edu/events/arusha2016

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A few lessons

Take a CRAN mirror with you, minicran, I put it on a POSM

(Portable OpenStreetMap) Intel NUC.
Can always use more examples, local examples
Pace yourself, takes lots of breaks
Expect computer problems, design examples for low end
computers
Power strips, surge protectors and extension cords
1 assistant per 5-10 students

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Community Resource

License
- Content: Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
- Code: TBD open source license (probably BSD or
GPLv2+)
Contributions
- Copyright Assignment:
- You give us permission to use your material under
the above licenses.
- Retain copyright to do anything else you want.

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In the works

Openstreetmap
Interactive Plots (think leaflet)
Lidar
Expanding examples
- more Machine Learning
- more Tips/Tricks to common problems
Online, interactive coding/quizzes
Ideas?

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Acknowledgements

Major funding provided by

https://feedthefuture.gov
R logo by Hadley Wickham and others at RStudio

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Contact

View the material http://rspatial.org

File issues, suggest improvements, pull requests, see, and
fork the code
- https://bitbucket.org/hijmans-lab/rspatial-web/
Contact us biogeo@ucdavis.edu

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