Edit and create maps with R

Originally, I created this repository to gather material about the creation and edition of maps with R. Well, things have dramatically changed recently, for instance sf has become the new standard for vector files and is not included in the document, the current document is therefore a bit outdated (there is still some relevant material though).

Now, I use this repository to update a short & sweet tutorial about how to turn R into a powerful GIS (see docs/) and list valuable resources, e.g.:

• I contributed to the creation of this online tutorial: https://insileco.github.io/tuto/rinspace/rinspace_homepage/
• https://geocompr.robinlovelace.net/
• http://rspatial.org/intr/index.html
• https://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/

How to obtain the practical guide from the .rmd file

Use the R code below:

install.packages("rmarkdown")
# pdf
rmarkdown::render("pathto/MapswithR/mapsR.Rmd", "pdf_document")
# html
rmarkdown::render("pathto/MapswithR/mapsR.Rmd", "html_document")
# both
rmarkdown::render("pathto/MapswithR/mapsR.Rmd", "all")

or the makefile:

make

Last compilation of the document on November 6th, 2018, sessionInfo() is provided below.

R> sessionInfo()
R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid

Matrix products: default
BLAS: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openblas/libblas.so.3
LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenblasp-r0.3.3.so


locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8
 [6] LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8    LC_PAPER=en_CA.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

attached base packages:
[1] methods   datasets  stats     graphics  grDevices utils     base

other attached packages:
 [1] rgdal_1.3-6         rgeos_0.3-28        raster_2.8-4        sp_1.3-1            magrittr_1.5        graphicsutils_1.2-0
 [7] knitr_1.20          rmarkdown_1.10      devtools_1.13.6     inSilecoMisc_0.1.2

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] Rcpp_0.12.19     codetools_0.2-15 lattice_0.20-38  digest_0.6.18    crayon_1.3.4     withr_2.1.2      rprojroot_1.3-2  grid_3.5.1

 [9] backports_1.1.2  evaluate_0.12    tools_3.5.1      compiler_3.5.1   memoise_1.1.0    htmltools_0.3.6