Open Source Programming Courses
Getting Started With Geographic Information Systems in R
Practitioners looking for an overview of how to use R as a GIS.
Students must have R.
- R as a GIS
- Understanding “spatial” data in R
- Finding, loading, and creating spatial data
- Coordinate reference systems
- GIS analysis and interoperability
- GIS operations and “tools”
- Connecting R to your desktop GIS software
In this 2.5 hour workshop, you will gain the skills you need to get started with Geographic Information Systems using the R programming language. You’ll learn the fundamentals of doing GIS in R, gain experience with R’s powerful toolset for spatial data analysis, and learn how to connect R to desktop GIS tools like ArcGIS and QGIS.
In the first hour of the workshop, you’ll learn all about spatial data and how to use it in the R programming language. You’ll be introduced to core concepts in GIS like spatial data formats and coordinate reference systems, and you’ll learn tools like the sf and crsuggest packages to demystify these concepts. We’ll also cover how to join attribute data to spatial data in R and make informative maps.
The second hour of the workshop will focus on translating your spatial data analysis workflows between desktop GIS software and R. You’ll learn how to do powerful spatial data analysis using the sf package in R and understand how these techniques relate to tools available in desktop GIS software like ArcGIS and QGIS. The workshop will also include an overview of how to connect your work in R with ArcGIS and QGIS, allowing you to maximize your productivity with spatial data.
The last 30 minutes are a Q&A session where live participants asked a variety of additional questions about GIS workflows in R.
What you’ll get:
- Unlimited access to the workshop recording and chat log for future use;
- A step-by-step annotated tutorial in Quarto format to help you build your knowledge.
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This course made it less intimidating to switch from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro. So glad I attended.
Student, Idaho State Tax Commission
Knowledgeable instructor, well paced class, applicable information covered, hands-on style.
Brandon Clark, Alabama Power
I strongly and highly recommend it
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I thought the course was very organized. The style of presentation and the lesson format worked well together. It made the information easy to understand. -
Kyle Lockhart, Escambia County, FL
Class was well organized, well paced and I learned a lot.
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Definitely got me "over the hump" of being able to grasp Python.
Joseph Monti
These courses are great. I am so pressed for time this is the only way I can acquire extra skills these days. Thank you Eric for all your hard work!
Chris Hickin, NYC Fire Dept.
I have attended a number of instructor-led training courses offered by ESRI, which are great in their own right, but the Mastering the ArcGIS Server JavaScript API course gets much more in-depth than they often do. I really liked the recommended reading, they helped expand the terms being covered in lecture to concrete examples that could be related back to my work more directly instead of just having the lecture and exercises alone. I learned a lot andwill recommend this and other GeoSpatial Training courses to the GIS'ers I know. Thanks for putting this course together and offering it.
Jason Warzinik, Boone County, MO
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Very informative and knowledgeable course. It help determine which direction I should take my further GIS and web programming skills.
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