Introduction to Geospatial R

Workshop Overview

Welcome to the curriculum page for the Introduction to Geospatial R workshop.

This workshop will go over some of the basics of spatial data with R. Course contents will include brief introduction to GIS, key libraries for geospatial analysis (sf and terra), and common examples of vector and raster data operations.

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

This resource is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Workshop Learning Objectives

After completing this workshop, you will anticipate:

• Be familiar with general concepts about geospatial analysis.
• Learn how to implement basic spatial analysis and visualization with proper R functions.
• Become comfortable working with spatial data.
• Be able to find the resources if you are encountered with more complicated geospatial questions.

Prerequisites:

• This workshop is designed for participants who are unfamiliar with geospatial analysis.
• Participants are expected to be comfortable working in the R programming language.

Primary Tools

• R software environment
• RStudio desktop software

Post-Workshop Survey

Post-Workshop Survey Form

Table of Contents

1. Brief Overview of GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
2. Bridging R with GIS
3. Data Model I - Vector
4. Data Model II - Raster
5. Raster-Vector Interactions
6. Exercise
7. Resources

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