Overview
What you will learn
The Geocomputation and Data Analysis with R course at the University of Leeds will be delivered in R, a statistical programming language popular in academia, industry and, increasingly, the public sector.
It will teach a range of techniques using recent developments in the package sf and the ‘metapackage’ tidyverse, based on the open source book Geocomputation with R.
Programme Structure
By the end of the course participants should:
- Be able to use R and RStudio as a powerful Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Know how R’s spatial capabilities fit within the landscape of open source GIS software
- Be confident with using R’s command-line interface (CLI) and scripting capabilities for geographic data processing
- Understand how to import a range of data sources into R
- Be able to perform a range of attribute operations such as subsetting and joining
- Understand how to implement a range of spatial data operations including spatial subsetting and spatial aggregation
- Have the confidence to output the results of geographic research in the form of static and interactive maps
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Dates to be announced
Language
Delivered
Campus Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- The course is open to students, academic staff and external delegates.
Tuition Fees
Additional Details
- TBC
Living costs
Leeds
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.