R语言与地理信息系统.pdf

GIS with R (or without ArcGIS) Omar García-Ponce New York University Princeton Spring Lab Workshop May 7, 2013 Omar García-Ponce (NYU) GIS with R Why use R? 1 ArcGIS is expensive (only available for Windows users) 2 R is free (available for Linux, Mac and Windows users) 3 The simplest map in R requires no data files 4 R allows more “control” over features 5 You