GIS and Data Visualisation using QGIS and R Studio
by: Wanda Bodnar
Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 9781788082044
Pages: 216
Language 语言: English
Pages: PDF/EPUB
Size: 277 Mb
Book Description
This educational book is designed to introduce QGIS and R Studio to anyone with an interest in mapping and data visualisation. It also discusses the basic principles of marine and climate science using openly available atmospheric carbon-dioxide,sea surface temperature,hurricane track data and ecosystem shapefiles (e.g. coral reefs).
Working through this book you will develop basic skills needed to use both QGIS and R Studio. Specifically,you will learn how to use the various data visualisation packages in R Studio,and how to use both QGIS and R Studio interchangeably for mapping purposes. Whilst learning to create interactive maps and graphs,you will also gain more knowledge about the basics of marine and climate science,and the impact of climate change on our Planet.
Here are some of the topics covered:
Introduction to R Studio
Basic data analysis
Visualising data in R Studio (making both static and interactive plots)
Introduction to Cartography and Mapping
Introduction to GIS and QGIS
Mapping with QGIS and R Studio (creating both static and interactive maps)
Introduction to R Markdown
Introduction to web mapping using Leaflet.js in R Studio
Using GitHub
Webscrapping using R Studio
Creating and working with shapefile and geojson format
Using OpenStreetMap data
Geocoding and georeferencing
Adding geotagged pictures to a map
Introduction to ArcGIS Earth and Google Earth
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