Intro to Spatial Data in R
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Schedule

Here’s your roadmap for the semester!

  • Content (): This page contains the readings, slides, and recorded lectures for the week. Read and watch these before our in-person class.

  • Lesson (): This page contains additional annotated R code and other supplementary information that you can use as a reference for your assignments and project. This is only a reference page—you don’t have to necessarily do anything here, but it will be helpful as you work on your assignments.

  • Example (): This page the scripts that we work on in class as a reminder of some of the live-coding exercises. These are provided as a reference to help you link your notes to the syntax we use in class.

  • Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment. Assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the day they’re listed.

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Getting started

Title Content Lesson Example Assignment
August 21
(Session 1)
Introduction to the course
August 23
(Session 2)
Why Geographic Analysis
August 25  Self-Evaluation 1 due  (submit by 11:59 PM)
August 28
(Session 3)
Introduction to Spatial Data
August 30
(Session 4)
Introduction to Spatial Data with R
August 31  Homework 1  (submit by 11:59 PM)
September 4 No Class
(Labor Day)
September 6
(Session 6)
Literate Programming, Quarto, Workflows
September 7  Homework 2  (submit by 11:59 PM)

Spatial Data Operations in R

Title Content Lesson Example Assignment
September 11
(Session 7)
Areal Data: Coordinates and Geometries
(remote)
September 13
(Session 8)
Areal Data: Vector Data
(remote)
September 14  Homework 3
September 18
(Session 9)
Areal Data: Rasters
September 20
(Session 10)
Mapping Geographic Data
September 21  Homework 4
September 25
(Session 11)
Operations With Vectors I
(remote)
September 27
(Session 12)
Operations With Vectors II
(remote)
September 28  Assignment Revision 1  (submit by 11:59 PM)
October 2
(Session 13)
Operations With Rasters I
October 4
(Session 14)
Operations With Rasters II
October 5  Homework 5  (submit by 11:59 PM)
October 9
(Session 15)
Combining Tabular Data and Spatial Data
October 11
(Session 16)
Combining Vectors and Continuous Rasters
(remote)
October 15  Homework 6  (submit by 11:59 PM)
October 16
(Session 17)
Combining Vectors and Categorical Rasters

Statistical Workflows for Spatial Data

Title Content Lesson Example Assignment
October 18
(Session 18)
Point Patterns
October 19  Homework 7  (submit by 11:59 PM)
October 23
(Session 19)
Interpolation
October 25
(Session 20)
Proximity and Areal Data
October 26  Homework 8  (submit by 11:59 PM)
October 30
(Session 21)
Spatial Autocorrelation
November 1
(Session 22)
Statistical Modelling I
November 2  Assignment Revision 2  (submit by 11:59 PM)
November 6
(Session 23)
Statistical Modelling II
November 8
(Session 24)
Statistical Modelling III
November 9  Homework 9  (submit by 11:59 PM)
November 13
(Session 25)
Movement and Networks I
November 15
(Session 26)
Movement and Networks II
November 16  Homework 10  (submit by 11:59 PM)
November 20 No Class
(Fall Break)
November 22 No Class
(Fall Break)

Visualizing Spatial Data

Title Content Lesson Example Assignment
November 27
(Session 29)
Data Visualization and Maps I
November 29
(Session 30)
Data Visualization and Maps II
November 30  Assignment Revision 3  (submit by 11:59 PM)
December 4
(Session 31)
Introduction to Interactive Maps

Wrapup

Title Content Lesson Example Assignment
December 5  Draft Final Project Due  (submit by 11:59 PM)
December 6
(Session 32)
Conclusion
December 7  Final Project Draft  (submit by 11:59 PM)
December 8 Final Project Workday
(optional)
December 14  Final Project Due  (submit by 11:59 PM)
December 15  Final Self-Evaluation Due  (submit by 11:59 PM)
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