An introduction to R for spatial analysis & mapping

• Main Author: Brunsdon, Chris (Author)
• Other Authors: Comber, Lex
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles SAGE 2015
• Subjects: R (Computer program language); Spatial analysis (Statistics) > Data processing
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"In an age of big data, data journalism and with a wealth of quantitative information around us, it is not enough for students to be taught only 100 year old statistical methods using 'out of the box' software. They need to have 21st-century analytical skills too. This is an excellent...

Table of Contents:

• Data and plots
• Handling spatial data in R
• Programming in R
• Using R as a GIS
• Point pattern analysis using R
• Spatial attribute analysis with R
• Localised spatial analysis
• R and internet data.