3D Mapping in R
This tutorial has been kindly contributed by Robin Edwards (from UCL CASA). RGL is R’s box of power-tool for 3D object rendering, with functionality for creating 3d...
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A Crash Course in R
This code has been kindly contributed by Robin Edwards (from UCL CASA). There are many useful introductory guides out there to R, but below is the kind of thing I now...
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Starting Analysis and Visualisation of Spatial Data with R
Last week I ran an introductory workshop on the analysis and visualisation of spatial data with R. The software has become established as one of the best around for...
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Mapped: Twitter Languages in New York
Following the interest in our Twitter Tongues map for London, Ed Manley and I have teamed up with Trendsmap creator John Barratt to offer this snapshot of New York...
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Mapping the World’s Biggest Airlines
The map above shows the routes flown by the top 7 airlines (by international passenger distance flown). The base map shows large urban areas and I have attempted to...
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Mapped: British, Spanish and Dutch Shipping 1750-1800
I recently stumbled upon a fascinating dataset which contains digitised information from the log books of ships (mostly from Britain, France, Spain and The Netherlands)...
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spatial.ly is written and curated by James Cheshire. James is a lecturer at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis where he researches, teaches and maps.