[R-sig-Geo] Open source GIS and R

[Jason.Gasper at noaa.gov]

Greetings, 
I don't mean to hijack this thread, but do the Grass users have a 
suggestion as to the best way to learn the program? The manual is 
somewhat helpful, but there must be something out there a little more 
user friendly. 
Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:58 am
Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Open source GIS and R

> I use GRASS and R on a more or less daily basis.  They play nicely
> together.  The great strength of GRASS is you have the ability to use
> shell scripts (with all the wonders of the *nix environment) once you
> figure out the proper work flow (you can also run commands from 
within
> R although I haven't tried this).  Set the computer to work, and go
> home and have a beer while you are getting work done.   FYI the GRASS
> team has just released the new stable version 6.4.1 (I think).
> HTH,
> 
> 
> Stephen
> 2010/9/17 José Miguel Barrios <jmbarriosg at gmail.com>:
> > Manuel,
> >
> > Since you are interested in landscape ecology, you may want to 
> take a look
> > at the features present in r.le, a set of programs available in 
> GRASS.  Take
> > a look at this document:
> > http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/landscape/r_le_manual5.pdf
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > José Miguel
> >
> > 2010/9/17 Manuel Spínola <mspinola10 at gmail.com>
> >
> >>  Dear list members,
> >>
> >> I am an ecologist interested in spatial and landscape ecology 
> and a user of
> >> ArcView 3.3 with little experience in ArcGis but I would like 
> to migrate to
> >> an open source GIS with an interface with R.
> >> I know that there are several options: QGIS, SAGA, GRASS, Illwis.
> >>
> >> What will be the best option of these or other alternatives?
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Manuel
> >>
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and
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