Introduction to GIS in R
- Open to
- Anyone
- Training category
- Analysis
- Type of training
- Online
- Length
- Two to three hours
- Organiser
- Office for National Statistics (ONS) Geospatial Team
- Location
- Online
This course provides an introduction to working with geospatial data in R.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course you will:
- know how to load spatial data into R using the sf library
- be familiar with using Government Statistical Service (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
How to book
You can access this course on the ONS Geography GitHub.
Contact
If you would like more information about this course, please email ONS.Geography@ons.gov.uk