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Great Maps with ggplot2

Great Maps with ggplot2

The above map (and this one) was produced using R and ggplot2 and serve to demonstrate just how sophisticated R visualisations can be. We are used to seeing similar maps produced with conventional GIS platforms or software such as Processing but I hadn’t yet seen one from the R community (feel free to suggest some ...

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Welcome

Welcome

Welcome to the the new look Spatial Analysis blog. My last post was way back in March so I have a lot of catching up to do! The prolonged absence was due to all my energy being spent on completing my PhD thesis in order that I could get it out of the way before ...

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mappinglondon.co.uk: Another Blog about Maps!

mappinglondon.co.uk: Another Blog about Maps!

Followers of spatialanalysis.co.uk will know that a lot of maps I feature are about London. Many of these maps have caught the eye of those outside of the geography, GIS/ spatial analysis community who don’t really have an interest in the technicalities of making the maps etc. Oliver O’Brien and I have decided to team ...

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Carto-Junk?

Carto-Junk?

The National Geographic Surname Map has generated a lot of discussion both online and via email. The response has been overwhelmingly positive but some people, unsurprisingly, have suggested improvements. A recent post on the great Junk Charts blog acts as a good summary of the comments I have received. For the purpose of this post I have ...

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Handling Spatial Data with R

Handling Spatial Data with R

Spatial data are becoming increasingly common, as are the tools available in R to process it. It takes a little time to understand how R handles spatial data; this tutorial is designed to help get people started. It outlines how to create a simple spatial points object from as csv file, load and export a ...

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Gawker Passwords Wordle

Gawker Passwords Wordle

href=”http://wordle.net”>Wordleof recently compromised Gawker user passwords illustrates. The top 200 passwords from the 180,000 or so released are shown.

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Jökulsárlón Timelapse

Jökulsárlón Timelapse

As I have mentioned before I have really enjoyed my trips to Iceland andInspired by Iceland is a great project to promote the wonders of the country. It has a great website with excellent quality webcams that enable full screen viewing of three of Iceland’s landmarks: Reykjavik, Gullfoss and Jökulsárlón. My favourite is Jökulsárlón, often known ...

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RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2010: Recommended Sessions

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2010: Recommended Sessions

I have had a look through this year’s Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference programme to pick out my recommendations for those with interests in GIS and Spatial Analysis. I have included the session titles (in no particular order), their days and locations and also links to who is presenting and what they are talking about. ...

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PhD Studentship Available

PhD Studentship Available

Here is a great opportunity to join our research group: Summary: Creating better Area Classification for the 2011 Census of the Population A Ph.D. studentship is available commencing end September 2010 for three years to create an updated methodology for the creation of a new area classification that will be employed on the 2011 Census ...

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Iceland Trip

Iceland Trip

I have recently returned from a trip to Iceland. Myself and two friends camped and hiked for four days (3 nights) on the Hornstrandir Peninsular before a couple of us hired a car and explored the south of Iceland. It was an amazing trip and I would recommend people visit Iceland at least once. I ...

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