ok, edzer, thanks for the reply!

congratulations for this book that let me discover the wonderful world of
spatial stats


2013/7/2 Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand@nhh.no>

> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013, Edzer Pebesma wrote:
>
>  Mathieu,
>>
>> The second edition of "Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R" (asdar2)
>> seems to be shipping now, and contains the following changes to chapters:
>> - ch 6, "Classes for spatio-temporal Data", replaces the old ch 6,
>> "Customising spatial data classes and methods". The old ch 6 is now a
>> vignette in sp:
>> http://cran.r-project.org/web/**packages/sp/vignettes/csdacm.**pdf<http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sp/vignettes/csdacm.pdf>
>> - ch 7, "Spatial Point Pattern Analysis", pays, compared to the first
>> edition, more attention to package spatstat
>> - ch 9, Modelling Areal Data is a merge of the old ch 9, "Areal data
>> and spatial correlation" and ch 10, "Modelling areal data"
>> - Chapter 10 (former 11) has been expanded to include recent
>> developments in Bayesian modelling, including BayesX and R-INLA
>> packages, and new examples. Spatio-temporal models for disease mapping
>> are described now as well.
>>
>
> The book website, http://www.asdar-book.org, now has the second edition
> code, code+data bundles, and errata. We'd be grateful for reports on
> mistakes and things that don't work to add to the errata, so that
> users/readers can keep running smoothly. We don't yet have the code for
> INLA, WinBUGS or GRASS up yet - to follow.
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>> The second edition contains full colour figures, many new examples, and
>> addresses several new packages, in particular rgeos and spacetime.
>> References were updated or added. Code examples have been updated, e.g.
>> the use of overlay() was removed altogether in favour of over(),
>> aggregate() has been explained, and spatial selections based on
>> intersection are now done by x[y,] with y a Spatial* object.
>>
>> After the spatial workshop at UseR!, next week (Jul 9, 17:45 CEST), a
>> little celebration will take place to launch the second edition --
>> everyone is invited! Roger and Virgilio will be there in person.
>> https://twitter.com/**SpringerStats/statuses/**350673280354615298<https://twitter.com/SpringerStats/statuses/350673280354615298>
>>
>> Book site:
>> http://www.springer.com/**statistics/life+sciences%2C+**
>> medicine+%26+health/book/978-**1-4614-7617-7<http://www.springer.com/statistics/life+sciences%2C+medicine+%26+health/book/978-1-4614-7617-7>
>>
>> The first edition of the book has now appeared in a chinese translation:
>> http://www.openbookdata.com.**cn/Book/MzA2NDAyOF9PU0dB.html<http://www.openbookdata.com.cn/Book/MzA2NDAyOF9PU0dB.html>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> On 05/02/2013 12:17 PM, Mathieu Rajerison wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> I've already bought asdar's previous edition.
>>>
>>> It's an excellent book that I recommend. As a beginner in spatial stats,
>>> I
>>> learnt a lot and the content seemed accessible for me.
>>>
>>> Apparently, there's a new edition of asdar book, which I don't know a lot
>>> about.
>>>
>>> I'd like to know some reasons I'd have to buy the newest edition. New
>>> chapters, content?
>>>
>>>
>>> Mathieu
>>>
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