[R-sig-Geo] Raster analysis using R

[Edzer Pebesma]

Very interesting initiative. Will the raster package deal with raster 
images that are too large to fit in memory?
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Edzer

Robert Hijmans wrote:
> We are developing the 'raster' package and related packages for raster
> analysis, including for sat image analysis. The code is on r-forge
> (http://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/r-gis/). It is still a bit
> early days, the code is not stable, and the project not properly
> described yet, but the raster package is functional for
> reclassification and some other calculations. Robert
>
>
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>> -----Original Message
>> 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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Edzer Pebesma
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