Hands-On Geospatial Analysis with R and QGIS

Managingspatialdatahasalwaysbeenchallengingandit'sgettingmorecomplexasthesizeofdataincreases.Spatialdataisactuallybigdataandyouneeddifferenttoolsandtechniquestoworkyourwayaroundtomodelandcreatedifferentworkflows.RandQGIShavepowerfulfeaturesthatcanmakethisjobeasier.ThisbookisyourcompanionforapplyingmachinelearningalgorithmsonGISandremotesensingdata.You’llstartbygaininganunderstandingofthenatureofspatialdataandinstallingRandQGIS.Then,you’lllearnhowtousedifferentRpackagestoimport,export,andvisualizedata,beforedoingthesameinQGIS.Screenshotsareincludedtoeaseyourunderstanding.Movingon,you’lllearnaboutdifferentaspectsofmanagingandanalyzingspatialdata,beforedivingintoadvancedtopics.You’llcreatepowerfuldatavisualizationsusingggplot2,ggmap,raster,andotherpackagesofR.You’lllearnhowtouseQGIS3.2.2tovisualizeandmanage(create,edit,andformat)spatialdata.DifferenttypesofspatialanalysisarealsocoveredusingR.Finally,you’llworkwithlandslidedatafromBangladeshtocreatealandslidesusceptibilitymapusingdifferentmachinelearningalgorithms.Byreadingthisbook,you’lltransitionfrombeingabeginnertoanintermediateuserofGISandremotesensingdatainnotime.