Introduction to GIS in R

Introduction

This course provides an introduction to working with geospatial data in R.

We recommend going through the Awareness of Geography and Statistics training prior to starting this course.

Course Instructions:

• Download this repository as a zip file.
• Move it to your working directory and unzip.
• Open Introduction_to_GIS_in_R.nb.html in your browser and follow the instructions.

Estimated time for course

2-3 hours

Audience

R users wanting to work with geospatial data.

Requirements

• R and RStudio
• Beginner / Intermediate knowledge of R and dplyr .

Course Aims

By the end of the course you will:

• Know how to load spatial data into R using the sf library.
• Be familiar with using GSS codes to join statistics to geographies.
• Understand how spatial objects can be manipulated using tidyverse.
• Understand how to use spatial joins.
• Be aware of map projections and Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) and be able to modify them.
• Know how to make static and interactive maps in tmap.
• Be able to export your maps and shapefiles.