This month I'm making lots of graphs in R and wanted to share some of the resources I use to both inspire the types of graphs I use and then actually make them. R is an incredibly powerful, free statistics software. It can be used to process large data sets, run all sorts of statistics,… Continue reading R Cheat Sheets: ggplot2
Month: November 2018
Another Thanksgiving Graph!
But wait-- there's more! Earlier in the week I shared Esri's awesome interactive Thanksgiving map and a cool pie chart, but I also wanted to highlight this well-made graphic from Visually. The donut charts are really easy to read, especially with their vibrant-but-not-distracting color scheme. They included the data source and respondent number in unobtrusive… Continue reading Another Thanksgiving Graph!
Thanksgiving Maps!
We're getting into the holiday (finals...) season, so I'm a little short on time for detailed how-to posts right now. Instead, I'll share some quick posts about well made Thanksgiving related maps and graphs! Last year Esri created an interactive map Where does your Thanksgiving dinner come from? that combines some of my favorite things--… Continue reading Thanksgiving Maps!
Maintain your Aspect Ratio!
I spent most of this week at a conference (American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of American joint conference in Baltimore). I learned all sorts of interesting things that are mostly not relevant to this blog, so maybe don't expect a whole lot more conference related content. Overall, the week was a great… Continue reading Maintain your Aspect Ratio!
EPSG Numbers and Coordinate Reference Systems
Over the last month or so I've had a little series about how we describe positions on the globe and how we visualize spherical space on a 2D map. I started with big picture information, like why we care about map projections. Last week began giving more concrete advice for picking a projected or unprojected… Continue reading EPSG Numbers and Coordinate Reference Systems
Selecting a Projection for Spatial Analysis
More map making! When you're first starting a new project and have data files in different projections, you can still view all your data together at once, using something called on-the-fly projection (a common feature of most GIS software). On-the-fly projection displays all your files using your "project CRS" and lets you have map layers… Continue reading Selecting a Projection for Spatial Analysis
Spatially Challenged 