This article will use WorldPop's population density dataset and walk through how to to map population density with R using data for Djibouti as an example.
Data-visualization
- Felt is a live, editable map that anyone can use personally or professionally, aiming to make map-making approachable and fun. Learn more here.
- ggplot2 is an R package dedicated to data visualization. Here is a cheat sheet guiding you in using ggplot2 for data visualization.
- The ggplot2 R package does not natively support plotting raster data. This article presents a custom method for plotting RGB satellite imagery with ggplot2.
- The mapsf R package helps to design various cartographic representations such as proportional symbols, choropleth or typology maps. Here is a cheat sheet guiding you in using mapsf.
- This posts demonstates how to create realistic 3D topographic maps using R and satellite imagery as an overlay map.
- Here is some sample code that uses Mapbox GL JS to export an animated wildfire progression map as an mp4 video file.
- An inset map is a smaller map inset within a larger map. Learn how to inset maps in your own web applications using ArcGIS API for JavaScript. View the blog post and video here.
- This course provides an introduction into core concepts and applications of data science based approaches to geospatial data analysis. You will find the materials for this course here.
- Here is a thorough ebook for learning GIS. Subjects include data visualization with QGIS, GIS and analysis tools, Earth observation and imagery analysis, and geospatial data processing.
