[R-sig-Geo] Raster analysis using R

[Robert Hijmans]

Yes, that is one of the main reasons for developing it. Robert

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Edzer Pebesma
<edzer.pebesma at uni-muenster.de> wrote:
> Very interesting initiative. Will the raster package deal with raster images
> that are too large to fit in memory?
> --
> 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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>>> 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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