Point-in-polygon with R: Animated fire map of Africa
June 05, 2022
Every summer we read sinister news about the spread of wildfires in Australia, Americas and Europe. For example, I still remember those…
Making realistic 3D topographic maps in R
May 25, 2022
In one of my previous tutorials I’ve showed you how to make crisp topographic maps programatically in R using a few lines of code. This…
Make a railway map of Europe in R
May 21, 2022
During my last week’s commute to work on a train I bumped into OpenRailwayMap, an OpenStreetMap (OSM)-based interactive map of railways…
How to create a crisp topographic map in R
May 14, 2022
From GoogleMaps to weather apps, our online world is replete with applications that use topographic data. Thanks to open data platforms such…
3D maps with sf and ggplot2 in R
May 01, 2022
I’ve played a bit with 3D mapping in R, which gave birth to this map of average forest height in Brazil 🌳. In this tutorial, we will…
Map rivers with sf and ggplot2 in R
March 27, 2022
Last week on March 22 we had the World Water Day, which focuses on the importance of freshwater and brings attention to the 2.2 billion…