[R-sig-Geo] Raster analysis using R

[Tomislav Hengl]

Dear Henning,

There has been some discussion recently whether we should be developing raster data processing
capabilities in R (e.g. https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-geo/2008-June/003785.html), since there
are number of (extensive!) open source GIS packages that can be nicely controlled from R. 

Most of R users under Linux use GRASS for raster map processing:
http://grass.itc.it/ 

I've just started writing a small user's guide to run GIS analysis in ILWIS/SAGA:
http://spatial-analyst.net/wiki/index.php?title=Software 

Have fun,

T. Hengl
http://spatial-analyst.net 


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From: r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
Henning Bredel
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:44 AM
To: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R-sig-Geo] Raster analysis using R

Hi,

I was wondering if there are some R packages which deal
with analysis functions on raster inputs.

While reading http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Spatial.html
I've got the impression that the packages mentioned there
do not provide possibilities on doing for example spatial 
resampling or reclassification on an input raster file like a
(georeferenced) satallite image. 

In the seminar `Geostatistics and Image Analysis' I'm attending
some topics are dealing with the combination of in situ sensor 
data and satallite images or aerophoto respectively.

Is there a discussion on the web, how much R can (or should
be able to) handle raster image data and corresponding
raster analysis?

Best regards

  Henning

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