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Timothée Giraud
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I work at CNRS. I post about reproducible research and all things spatial.
Author of {mapsf}, {osrm} and other :rstats: spatial packages. Co-author of the thematic […]

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The first major version of {mapsf} has arrived on CRAN!

mapsf is a thematic mapping R package. Its goal is to be simple and lightweight while offering all the necessary features to create beautiful statistical maps.

This release includes a revamped theming […]

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New updates to Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis by Manuel Gimond 🚀

The spatial analysis section now includes expanded coverage of spatial patterns.

Explore the update: https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/chp11_0.html

#gischat #spatialAnalysis #openeducation
🗺️ fastfocal: fast moving-window and point extraction for rasters in R, optimized for large windows and common focal stats via FFT. Built on terra.

https://cran.r-project.org/package=fastfocal

#rstats #giscience #rspatial

Reposted by Nicolas Lambert

"Géomatique et cartographie avec R" has been updated!

:rstats: 🗺️ :osm:

https://rgeocarto.github.io/

- Données vectorielles avec {sf}
(vector data processing)
- Données raster avec {terra}
(raster data processing)
- Cartographie avec {mapsf}
(thematic […]

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We just published a JOSIS paper on what spatial data science languages have in common and what they still need. Insights from across the R, Python & Julia ecosystems.

URL: https://doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2025.31.462

#SpatialDataScience #gischat #opensource #rspatial #geopython #juliageo

New version of {maplegend} ! 📦
{maplegend} is an R package for creating, well, map legends. 🙂
This version improves the display of legends in plots and introduces two new features: a histogram legend type, and arguments to set decimal and big value separators […]

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Day 03 of #30DayMapChallenge with a density choropleth and quantiles!

👏 Thanks to @Benjamin Novak's tutorial in @yan-holtz.bsky.social gallery r-graph-gallery.com/web-map-chor...
🌚 Used data from the Observatoire Statistique Tranfrontalier

#rstats #dataviz #map #ggplot2 #gis

Reposted by Timothée Giraud

📣 Save the date!!

Next Community Call: R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages with @landau

📆 Monday, 29 September 2025 14:00 UTC
Information + find your local time + How to join: https://ropensci.org/commcalls/r-multiverse/

🙏 Please share this event with anyone who may be interested in […]
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New package on CRAN: {valh}, an interface between R and the Valhalla API

Valhalla is a routing service based on OpenStreetMap data.
https://valhalla.github.io/valhalla

Co-authored by @mthv

#gischat #rspatial #rstats #openstreetmap

Reposted by Timothée Giraud

OpenStreetMap allow you to visually examine it's database before using the API for a specific request via {osmdata} etc.

Search on openstreetmap and then the area you want. Use the cursor with the question mark to query the features in the map.

#rspatial #gis

Reposted by Timothée Giraud

👉 #discovery of the day:
Some of the most fundamental concepts in quantitative #geography and #gis were published in the #catmog series by the Institute of British Geographers (now part of the #rgs). Unfortunately, these publications are rarely available online, and an increasing number of […]
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[help wanted] rOpenSci packages are looking for some help! 🙏

💡 A great way to learn with these 'good first issues'! 💡

📦 stplanr (by @robinlovelace)
"Rename rnet_merge as rnet_merge_sum and add settings to reproduce NPT results" at https://github.com/ropensci/stplanr/issues/569
"Actions […]
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Introducing {maposm}, an R package that extracts, modifies and merges sets of layers from OpenStreetMap for cartographic purposes.

On github: https://github.com/riatelab/maposm

The package is not on CRAN, but it is on r-universe: https://riatelab.r-universe.dev/maposm

#rstats #rspatial #gischat

Process spatial data and create reproducible maps with R using "Cartography with R" by Timothée Giraud. Covers R Spatial, data manipulation, thematic maps, and more.

Read it at: https://buff.ly/sIqGXss

#rstats #mapping #dataviz #map #rspatial
Here’s a useful list of Diamond Open Access Journals by Lorena Abad, covering topics like Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing, Geomorphology, and more.

Feel free to add suggestions via PR.

Check it out: https://buff.ly/3WxYxnT

#openaccess #geoinformatics #SpatialDataScience

Hmm, there's something missing on this map... And no, it's not New Zealand :-)
#gis #gischat