By Matt Brousil In this post I'll walk through some of the basics for getting started importing, formatting, and creating maps with spatial data in R. Many students and researchers I know (myself included) have taken GIS coursework and are familiar with tools like ArcMap, but want to work with their data in R. R …

Post by Dominik Schneider A couple things to note. Spatial/gis functions in R are undergoing a massive change right now. The old stalwart sp has been succeeded by sf (simple features), which is compatible with the open geospatial consortium standards. When you are looking for solutions online, make sure you know which …