eBook


R as GIS for Economists
Free online book focusing on spatial data processing for econometric projects, including example R code.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, R

Geographic Data Science with R
Free online book about visualizing and analyzing environmental change in R.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, Geospatial, R

Spatial Data Science with R and terra
Free online book about spatial data manipulation, analysis, and modeling.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Geospatial, R

Landscape Genetic Data Analysis in R
Free online documentation for environmental genetics graduate course.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Geospatial, R

The Epidemiologist R Handbook
Exceptional and free online book covering several topics in R, including data analysis, manipulation, and visualization.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Science, R
Personal Website

Joshua Stevens
Excellent blog posts and examples of cartography.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization, GIS

Cedric Scherer
Personal blog site with excellent posts about data visualization in R, especially ggplot2.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization, R

Matt Strimas-Mackey
Personal blog site with excellent posts about data analysis and visualization in R and Python.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization, R

Urban Data Palette
Personal blog site with excellent posts about data visualization, especially map creation and design.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, R

Luke Morris
Personal blog with excellent posts about ggplot and Quarto.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Science, Data Visualization, R
R Package

basemaps R Package
R package to download and cache spatial basemaps.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Mapping, R
Tutorials

DMAD QGIS Lessons
Excellent YouTube channel with a series on QGIS, with a focus on ecology and science.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: QGIS

Coding Club Tutorials
Collection of coding, data science and statistics tutorials with examples in R, Python, and JavaScript.
- Details: Click Here
- 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.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: R

Creating Square and Hexagon Tessellation in R
Blog post about creating fishnet and hexagon spatial grids in R.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, R

Using Spatial Data for Biodiversity
Free micro-course about using remote sensing and other spatial data to inform nature conservation.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, Geospatial

Communicating the Value of Biodiversity
Free micro-course on communicating the importance of biodiversity.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Conservation

Biodiversity Data Science
YouTube channel with videos about data science for ecology and evolutionary biology.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Geospatial

Extract Values from a Raster in R
NSF NEON blog post about extracting data from a raster in R.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, Geospatial, R

Making Slides in Quarto with reveal.js
Blog post about making interactive presentation slides with Quarto in R.
- Details: Click Here
- 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.
- Details: Click Here
- 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.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Conservation, Geospatial, R
Website

From Data to Viz
Decision trees for determining which chart type best fits your data and objectives.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization

Careers in Conservation Job Board List
Directory of conservation job boards.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Job Search

Bivariate Choropleth Maps A How-To Guide
Blog post about creating bivariate choropleth maps, including some example legends.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, Mapping, QGIS

The R Graph Gallery
Gallery of hundreds of charts made in R, with a focus on the ggplot2 package.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization, R

R Packages for Visualizing Spatial Data
Blog post detailing several R packages to visualize spatial data in R.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Mapping, R

Hexagon and Fishnet Spatial Grids
Blog post about several types of tesselations, including example R code.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: GIS, Mapping, R

Reference Guide for R Data Wrangling Functions
Reference guide for commonly used functions in data wrangling for research.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: R

Creating Heat Maps From Coordinates in R
Blog post about creating heat maps in R using coordinate data.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Mapping, R

Storytelling with Data Chart Guide
Reference guide on what types of charts to best visualize certain types of data.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization

Guide to Using Colors in Data Visualizations
Datawrapper blog post discussing the proper use of colors when designing data visualizations.
- Details: Click Here
- 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.
- Details: Click Here
- 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.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization

Choosing Interpolation Methods for Choropleth Maps
Datawrapper blog post discussing the different methods of legend interpolation methods for choropleth maps.
- Details: Click Here
- 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.
- Details: Click Here
- Topics: Data Visualization, R