GIS and Data Visualisation using QGIS and R Studio

GIS and Data Visualisation using QGIS and R Studio

English | 2018 | ISBN: 978-1788082044 | 216 Pages | PDF, EPUB | 277 MB

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