Lex Comber - Geographical Data Science and Spatial Data Analysis: An Introduction in R (Spatial Analytics and GIS) 1st Edition

In the digital age, social and environmental scientists have more spatial data at their fingertips than ever before. But how do we capture this data, analyse and display it, and most importantly, how can it be used to study the world?

Spatial Analytics and GISis a series of books that deal with potentially tricky technical content in a way that is accessible, usable and useful. Titles include Urban Analyticsby Alex Singleton, Seth Spielman and David Folch, and An Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis and Mapping (Second Edition)by Chris Brunsdon and Lex Comber.

Series Editor: Richard Harris

About the Series Editor

Richard Harris is Professor of Quantitative Social Geography at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol. He is the lead author on three textbooks about quantitative methods in geography and related disciplines, including Quantitative Geography: The Basics(Sage, 2016).

Richards interests are in the geographies of education and the education of geographers. He is currently Director of the University of Bristol Q-Step Centre, part of a multimillion pound UK initiative to raise quantitative skills training among social science students, and is working with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) to support data skills in schools.

Books in this Series:

Geographical Data Science and Spatial Data Analysis, Lex Comber & Chris Brunsdon

An Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis and Mapping, 2nd Edition, Chris Brunsdon & Lex Comber

Agent-Based Modelling and Geographical Information Systems, Andrew Crooks, Nicolas Malleson, Ed Manley & Alison Heppenstall

Urban Analytics, Alex Singleton, Seth Spielman & David Folch

Geocomputation, Chris Brunsdon & Alex Singleton

Published in Association with this Series:

Quantitative Geography, Richard Harris

Geographical Data Science & Spatial Data Analysis

An Introduction in R

• Lex Comber
• Chris Brunsdon

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Lex Comber and Chris Brunsdon 2021

First published 2021

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