Making a Map with R

Workshop Overview

Welcome to the curriculum page for Making a Map with R workshop.

This workshop will cover some basics of map making with R. Course contents will include brief introduction to cartography, key libraries for map making (tmap and leaflet), and common examples of making a static or interactive map.

Note: The materials used in this workshop is self-contained. However, readers are recommended to refer to its upstream workshop Introduction to Geospatial R if unfamiliar with particular concepts about geographic data.

Time: 1 hour

This resource is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Workshop Learning Objectives

After completing this workshop, you will anticipate:

• Be familiar with general concepts about map making.
• Learn how to make a decent static map with tmap and interactive map with leaflet.
• Become comfortable presenting and communicating your findings of geospatial-related research.
• Be able to find the resources if you need to make more professional or fancy maps.

Prerequisites:

• This workshop is designed for participants with basic concepts about geographic data.
• Participants are expected to be comfortable working in the R programming language.

Primary Tools

• R environment
• RStudio desktop software

Post-Workshop Survey

Post-Workshop Survey Form

Table of Contents

1. Brief Overview of Cartography
2. Static Maps
3. Interactive Maps
4. Exercise
5. Resources

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