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

[Thomas Adams]

  Jason,

I agree completely that obtaining the GRASS GIS book 
(http://www.grassbook.org/ ) is the way to go. I don't agree that it's 
necessary to learn GIS concepts first using ArcGIS or QGIS. There are 
many books on R, including "Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R".

Tom

On 9/21/10 12:06 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.
>>>>> Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre
>>>>> Universidad Nacional
>>>>> Apartado 1350-3000
>>>>> Heredia
>>>>> COSTA RICA
>>>>> mspinola at una.ac.cr
>>>>> mspinola10 at gmail.com
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