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<p>Next Tuesday (April 4) at 9am PT I will be hosting a webinar with Kyle Walker about the <strong>tigris</strong> package in R. In addition to creating the Tigris package, Kyle is also a Professor of Geography at Texas Christian University.</p>
<p>If you are interested in R, Mapping and US Census Geography then I encourage you to attend!</p>
<h3>What tigris Does</h3>
<p>When I released choroplethr back in 2014, many people loved that it allows you to easily map US States, Counties and ZIP Codes. What many people don’t realize is that:</p>
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<li>These maps come from the US Census Bureau</li>
<li>The Census Bureau publishes <em>many</em> more maps than choroplethr ships with</li>
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<p>What Tigris does is remarkable: rather than relying on someone creating an R package with the US map you want, it allows you to download shapefiles directly from the US Census Bureau and import them into your R session. All without leaving the R console! From there you can render the map with your favorite graphics library.</p>
<p>Kyle will explain what shapefiles the Census Bureau has available, and also give a demonstration of how to use Tigris. After the presentation, there will be a live Q&amp;A session.</p>
<p>If you are unable to attend live, please register so I can email you a link to the replay.</p>
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