[R-sig-Geo] First call GEOSTAT 2015, 16-23 August, Lancaster, UK: registrations are now open!

[Tomislav Hengl]

The GEOSTAT 2015 Summer School for PhD students and R-sig-geo 
enthusiasts will be held this year at the Lancaster University 
(Conference center) in the period 16-23 August (arrive Sunday to depart 
Sunday). The topics include: spatial and spatio-temporal data and 
analysis in R, R as a GIS, Space-time point process data, geographically 
weighted regression, visualization of spatial and spatio-temporal data 
in Google Earth, GRASS GIS and QGIS tutorials, and spatial and 
spatio-temporal geostatistics.

To register for this summer school please visit: 
http://geostat-course.org/2015

The registration deadline is: February 1st 2015.

This summer school is limited to 55 participants. Selection of 
candidates is based on a ranking system, which is based on: time of 
registration, solidarity (participants further away from the venue 
receive higher ranking), academic record, and contributions to open 
source projects. The registration costs for the summer school are 
typically between EUR 450 - 500; these cover the actual costs, no 
profits are made. Accommodation on campus will cost ca 35 GBP (EUR 44) 
per person per night (not included in the course fees). The organizers 
provide no funding/scholarships to participants.. Participants from 
ODA-listed countries (http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist), however, 
can apply for a subsidized price for registration costs.

Lecturers:
- Roger Bivand: Representing and handling spatial and spatio-temporal 
data in R: sp, rgdal, maptools packages
- Edzer Pebesma: Handling and analyzing spatio-temporal data with R
- Markus Neteler: GRASS GIS 7 tutorial
- Jonathan A. Greenberg: rasterEngine tutorial
- Chris Brunsdon: Geographically weighted regression: GWmodel package
- Patrick E. Brown: Geostatistical modelling with geostatsp
- Edith Gabriel: Space-time point process data: analysis and simulation 
using the R package stpp
- Barry Rowlingson: QGIS vs R - mapping shootout
- Tomislav Hengl: Automated geostatistics and visualization in 3D+T: 
GSIF and plotKML packages

For more information about GEOSTAT 2015 please write to:
- T. (Tom) Hengl: registrations, website materials
- B. (Barry) Rowlingson: the official program, local organizer