R Studio’s Spatial Capabilities going 3D!

Purpose

This tutorial prominently centres on the spatial abilities of R Studio; an open software program with its own scripting language that is often used for data analysis, statistics and graphing of very large datasets. Throughout the studies of Carleton students, R Studio most likely has been used for its powerful statistical capabilities and graphing.

But the software can do so much more!

The spatial data package offers a wide range of tools that can take tables and create custom maps with a myriad of customization. By no means is this package an equivalent to ArcMap or other such dedicated mapping platforms but R can do many of the same things with their own advantages.

For more about the spatial data package follow this link: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sp/sp.pdf

This tutorial shows how one could create 3D maps or images using the R language – if your not familiar with R or some of its other mapping capabilities see the following tutorials;

Julia Riddick -> R Studio's Spatial Capabilities at http://gracilis.carleton.ca/CUOSGwiki/index.php/R_Studio%27s_Spatial_Capabilities

Uzayr Siddiqui -> Introducing Geoprocessing Capabilities of SAGA in R Environment using RSAGA (Saga + Rstudio) at http://gracilis.carleton.ca/CUOSGwiki/index.php/Introducing_Geoprocessing_Capabilities_of_SAGA_in_R_Environment_using_RSAGA_(Saga_%2B_Rstudio)