Introduction to GIS in R

Course Summary

Introduction

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

Estimated time for course

2-3 hours

Audience

R users wanting to work with geospatial data.

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.

Requirements

• We recommend completing the Practical Geography for Statistics training prior to starting this course.
• R and RStudio installed
• Beginner / intermediate knowledge of R and dplyr.

Course Instructions

To take this course:

• Go to github.com/ONSgeo/Introduction_to_GIS_in_R and download the 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.