Category: cartography
Everything filed under cartography.
GeoJSON Hexagonal "Statebins" in R
There's been lots of buzz about "statebin" maps of late. A recent tweet by @andrewxhill referencing work by @dannydb pointed to a nice shapefile ( alternate link ) that ends up being a really great way to handle statebin maps (and I feel…
Simple Lower US 48 Albers Maps & Local (no-API) City/State Geocoding in R
I've been seeing an uptick in static US "lower 48" maps with "meh" projections this year, possibly caused by a flood of new folks resolving to learn R but using pretty old documentation or tutorials. I've also been seeing an uptick in…
New R Package - ipapi (IP/Domain Geolocation)
I noticed that the @rOpenSci folks had an interface to ip-api.com on their ToDo list so I whipped up a small R package to fill said…
Making Static & Interactive Maps With ggvis (+ using ggvis maps w/shiny)
Even though it's still at version 0.4, the ggvis package has quite a bit of functionality and is highly useful for exploratory data analysis (EDA). I wanted to see how geographical visualizations would work under it, so I put together six…