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

[Alex Mandel]

There is a book written by several of the projects leads, one of which
is a university professor who teaches GRASS.
http://www.grassbook.org/

Best advice, learn GIS concepts using Arc or QGIS or something similar
and then jump into GRASS, R, Spatial Databases.

FYI, QGIS has a GRASS plugin which makes it easier to start using GRASS
for the first time.

Enjoy,
Alex

On 09/21/2010 07:18 AM, Jason.Gasper at noaa.gov wrote:
> 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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