eBook
R as GIS for Economists
Free online book focusing on spatial data processing for econometric projects, including example R code.
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- Topics: GIS, R
Geographic Data Science with R
Free online book about visualizing and analyzing environmental change in R.
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- Topics: GIS, Geospatial, R
Spatial Data Science with R and terra
Free online book about spatial data manipulation, analysis, and modeling.
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- Topics: Geospatial, R
Landscape Genetic Data Analysis in R
Free online documentation for environmental genetics graduate course.
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- Topics: Geospatial, R
The Epidemiologist R Handbook
Exceptional and free online book covering several topics in R, including data analysis, manipulation, and visualization.
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- Topics: Data Science, R
Personal Website
Joshua Stevens
Excellent blog posts and examples of cartography.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, GIS
Cedric Scherer
Personal blog site with excellent posts about data visualization in R, especially ggplot2.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, R
Matt Strimas-Mackey
Personal blog site with excellent posts about data analysis and visualization in R and Python.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, R
Urban Data Palette
Personal blog site with excellent posts about data visualization, especially map creation and design.
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- Topics: GIS, R
Luke Morris
Personal blog with excellent posts about ggplot and Quarto.
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- Topics: Data Science, Data Visualization, R
R Package
basemaps R Package
R package to download and cache spatial basemaps.
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- Topics: Mapping, R
Tutorials
DMAD QGIS Lessons
Excellent YouTube channel with a series on QGIS, with a focus on ecology and science.
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- Topics: QGIS
Coding Club Tutorials
Collection of coding, data science and statistics tutorials with examples in R, Python, and JavaScript.
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- Topics: Javascript, Python, R
Quantitative Methods for Population Dynamics in R - 2023 Edition
Recording of population dynamics workshop, with a focus on modeling in R.
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- Topics: R
Creating Square and Hexagon Tessellation in R
Blog post about creating fishnet and hexagon spatial grids in R.
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- Topics: GIS, R
Using Spatial Data for Biodiversity
Free micro-course about using remote sensing and other spatial data to inform nature conservation.
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- Topics: GIS, Geospatial
Communicating the Value of Biodiversity
Free micro-course on communicating the importance of biodiversity.
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- Topics: Conservation
Biodiversity Data Science
YouTube channel with videos about data science for ecology and evolutionary biology.
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- Topics: Geospatial
Extract Values from a Raster in R
NSF NEON blog post about extracting data from a raster in R.
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- Topics: GIS, Geospatial, R
Making Slides in Quarto with reveal.js
Blog post about making interactive presentation slides with Quarto in R.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, R
Bivariate Maps with ggplot2 and sf in R
Blog post about making bivariate maps using the ggplot and sf packages in R.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, GIS, Mapping, R
Tutorials, eBook
Manual of Applied Spatial Ecology
Outstanding source of example R scripts on managing and modeling environmental data.
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- Topics: Conservation, Geospatial, R
Website
From Data to Viz
Decision trees for determining which chart type best fits your data and objectives.
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- Topics: Data Visualization
Careers in Conservation Job Board List
Directory of conservation job boards.
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- Topics: Job Search
Bivariate Choropleth Maps A How-To Guide
Blog post about creating bivariate choropleth maps, including some example legends.
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- Topics: GIS, Mapping, QGIS
The R Graph Gallery
Gallery of hundreds of charts made in R, with a focus on the ggplot2 package.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, R
R Packages for Visualizing Spatial Data
Blog post detailing several R packages to visualize spatial data in R.
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- Topics: Mapping, R
Hexagon and Fishnet Spatial Grids
Blog post about several types of tesselations, including example R code.
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- Topics: GIS, Mapping, R
Reference Guide for R Data Wrangling Functions
Reference guide for commonly used functions in data wrangling for research.
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- Topics: R
Creating Heat Maps From Coordinates in R
Blog post about creating heat maps in R using coordinate data.
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- Topics: Mapping, R
Storytelling with Data Chart Guide
Reference guide on what types of charts to best visualize certain types of data.
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- Topics: Data Visualization
Guide to Using Colors in Data Visualizations
Datawrapper blog post discussing the proper use of colors when designing data visualizations.
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- Topics: Data Visualization
Making Inset Maps Using ggplot2 in R
Blog post showing a simple way to make inset maps using the ggplot2 package in R.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, Mapping, R
Classed and Unclassed Color Scales
Datawrapper blog post discussing when to use classed and unclassed color scales in data visualizations.
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- Topics: Data Visualization
Choosing Interpolation Methods for Choropleth Maps
Datawrapper blog post discussing the different methods of legend interpolation methods for choropleth maps.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, GIS, Geospatial, Mapping
Introduction to Data Visualization with ggplot2 in R
Blog post about making data visualizations with the ggplot2 package in R.
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- Topics: Data Visualization, R