[R-sig-Geo] Getting started with RGeo

[Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro Jr]

Roger Bivand have already put a lot of information on this on the
description of the CRAN task view:

http://cran-r.c3sl.ufpr.br/web/views/Spatial.html

this is certainly the first place to look at!


Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro Jr
LEG (Laboratorio de Estatistica e Geoinformacao)
Universidade Federal do Parana
Caixa Postal 19.081
CEP 81.531-990
Curitiba, PR  -  Brasil
Tel: (+55) 41 3361 3573
Fax: (+55) 41 3361 3141
e-mail: paulojus AT  ufpr  br
http://www.leg.ufpr.br/~paulojus



On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, John Callahan wrote:

> I am just getting started using R for spatial analysis.  I am long-time
> user of basic statistics through ESRI products, some SPSS, and a few
> other code snippets here and there.  However, I love what I see in R so
> far.  And there's a growing attraction to R in my organization, for geo
> and non-geo purposes.  I'm also looking into using R through some of the
> GIS software I'm more familiar with, like Quantum GIS, GRASS, and SAGA.
>
>
> I just downloaded R 2.7.2 and getting the basics going there.  For
> spatial analysis, which packages do I start with?  Looking through the
> list at http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/ and reading
> http://www.sal.uiuc.edu/tools/tools-sum/rgeo/r-spatial-projects, there
> are so many.  And my gut feeling tells me that some functions in these
> packages are duplicated in others.  Maybe some packages are obsolete now
> with support pushed toward a newer, richer package.
>
>
> The analysis I'll be doing are relatively common techniques. Things
> like: interpolations/kriging, contour and DEM creation from points,
> hillshade/aspect creation, spatial autocorrelation, regression, PCA,
> cluster/hot-spot analysis, plotting/mapping, and basic grid algebra as
> well.  I'm sure I'll get into more as I work through.  Which packages do
> you recommend I start with?
>
>
> - John
>
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>
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