Intro
Lab 1. Intro to Spatial Data
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Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Plugin
Basemap
File Management
Download Data
Transform Data
Set New Project Space
Style Layers
Calculate and Style Buffers
Add labeled community areas
Compose a Map
Lab 2. Principles of Cartographic Design
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Download Data
Inspect Data
Open in GeoDa
Merge data
Data Classification
Choropleth Mapping in GeoDa
Next Steps
Lab 3. Principles of Spatial Scale, Part 1
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Download Data
Coal Mining Job Data
County Boundary File Data
Merge Data
Explore Data
Add Another Time Period
Installations for Next Week
Lab 4. Principles of Spatial Scale, Part 2
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Need for finer data
Census Data
Working Directory Setup
Load Libraries
Load Data
View Data
Subset Data
Merge data to Master
Mapping in R
Load packages
View palette options
Basic tmap functions
Set color palette
Classify data
Customize Maps
Facet mapping
Using a Census API
Workspace Setup
Load libraries
Activate your API key
Extract Census data
Access census estimates
Access merged spatial file
Plot data
Rinse and Repeat
Scale of Coal Mining
Extract Data
Map Data
Interpretation
Appendix
Write to CSV
Write to SHP
Census Data Access
Lab 5. Modeling Neighborhoods
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Clean & Wrangle Data
Load CSV with
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Identify
unique
Code
Subset Data
Inspect Data
Save Cleaned Data
Convert CSV to Points
Identify X,Y locations
Check long/lat structure
ID Missing Data
Remove NA values
Convert & Inspect
Save Clean Data
Rinse and Repeat
Standardize CRS
Load & Inspect
Overlay Points & Polygons
Check CRS
Transform CRS
Point-in-Polygon
Spatial Join
Count Crimes per Tract
Rename Column Names
Merge Data
Conclusions
Visualize Ouput
Save your Shapefile
Interpretations
Compare Across Cities
Lab 6. StoryTelling Maps
Overview
Defining Storytelling Maps
Research Question
Environment Setup
Start Mapping
Lab 7. ESDA & Web Mapping
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Data
Section 1: Food Market Map
Start Mapping
Data Cleaning
Pop-up Configuration
Add Community Areas
Section 1 Questions
Section 2. Adding Context
Section 2 Questions
Lab 8. Points to Predictions
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Load and Join Data
Inspect and Prepare Data
Point Data Method: Basic Visualizations
Point Data Method: Graduate Symbol Visualizations
Point Data Method: Buffer Generation
Point Data Method: Buffer Count per Area
Point Data Method: Buffer Union (or Dissolve)
Point Data Method: Group Attribute by Area
Point Data Method: Group by Grid
Point Data Method: Kernel Density Surface
Lab 9.
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup
Lab 9.
Overview
Research Question
Environment Setup