How to plot statistics from LinkedIn using R
Shouldn´t there be a LinkedIn feature to plot your connections on a map, at least on a city/state/country level? I didn´t find one, but when I noticed that you can export your...
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How to import Runkeeper GPX data in R
Do you use Runkeeper or keep a healthy collection of GPX files and want to use R to visualize the data? I realized that I hadn´t worked with GPX data in R,...
Adding maps to PowerPoint files with R
Do R and office documents mix? Is it possible to add your maps and plots generated in R to PowerPoint files? Yes, the R package officer can help with these tasks. It...
How to create interactive table from geodata in R using DataTables
I was looking for a way to create an interactive table from geodata, in this case data from OpenStreetMap. Perhaps a table with the libraries in Uppsala, Sweden? Extracting geodata from OSM...
Calculating geodata statistics using OpenStreetMap and R
Planning to dine out today? Here are 20 000+ restaurants in India to choose from. OpenStreetMap contains vast amounts of geodata and this script shows how to download data for an entire...
Creating a map with ggplot in R
This wouldn´t be a GIS site without an example of how to make a choropleth map using ggplot in R. Based on Making a choropleth web map with R/Leaflet. You can of...
Making a choropleth web map with R/Leaflet
Most likely, no one ever got rich by making pink web maps, but it does add a certain joy to your day, so let’s do it. We are going to need a...
Satellite image animation of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, Ukraine
Ever since the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in the war in Ukraine, it has been on my to do list to create an animation of the environmental destruction caused by this,...
Merging and plotting raster files in R
When plotting raster elevation files, you might need to merge a few files to cover your area of interest. Here is how I did it in R. The data, again, comes from...
Downloading volcano data from USGS with R
I noticed that USGS has published JSON data with the volcanoes of the world and that is simply too interesting to miss, so here is a very short R script to view...