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What you will learn

 

R Programming

 

Web Mapping

 

Web GIS Programming

 

Working with dataframes

 

Web mapping with the Leaflet library

 

Building a GIS application

Description

Welcome to the Introduction to Maps in R Shiny and Leaflet course. In this course we will be

creating a fully functional web gis application using the R programming language. This application

will be comprised of different types of maps ranging from point maps to heatmaps, to choropleth maps.

 

We will also be using different datasets ranging from dataframes to spatial dataframes, which we


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will use to transform and visualize our data on different types of maps, depending on the use case.

Once we have completed the course we will be equipped with extremely valuable skills, that we can

use to build sophisticated web map applications of any kind and tell spatial data stories that almost anyone

can interpret and understand.

 

Some of the skills you will acquire from taking this course range from:

  • Working with spatial data in the R programming language

  • Installing and using R studio

  • Using the leaflet web mapping library

  • Creating a variety of maps and integrating it into a single application

  • Building a dashboard in R Shiny

  • Creating map legends and colour palettes

  • Styling maps using embedded html functions

  • Working with dataframes

  • Using R terminal operations

     

 

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Content

Introduction

Introduction

Installation and Setup

Installation and Setup

Creating the Earthquake OSM Map

Creating your first map
Creating a menu item
Adding markers
Adding circle markers
Creating a legend
Adding a layers control

Creating the Earthquake Dark Map

Adding the second menu item
Adding circle markers
Adding a legend
Change map based on zoom level

Creating the Heatmap

Adding the third menu item
Adding the heatmap data

Creating the Choropleth Map

Adding the fourth menu item
Downloading and transforming data
Preparing data for styling
Creating and styling the choropleth map
Creating the legend