Hello all: I was referred to this list when I asked a question on the r-help list about mapping. Unfortunately, I seem to be a little late to the party, and a couple of weeks of monitoring the traffic have left me no more enlightened than I was before, since it seems that the questions asked are generally at a level I haven't approached yet.
I am an R user who wants to learn to make maps. I have been using R to analyze data associated with cities and towns in my area, and would like to figure out how to get that data onto a map, but I'm having a hard time seeing where to begin. Assuming that I'm starting pretty much from zero, where can I start reading in order to learn what is possible? (And what to use to achieve it.) I'm also a little confused about whether people use R as a GIS stand-in, or whether they use some GIS package, and then use R as an adjunct. If the latter, can anyone recommend GNU or other freeware GIS packages to learn about? How about books to learn about them with? Many thanks for your indulgence, -Tom -- ------------------------ tomfool at as220 dot org http://sgouros.com http://whatcheer.net _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo