Week 4 Notes - Spacial Data and GIS Operations in R

Published

September 29, 2025

Key Concepts Learned

  • [Did some review of GIS and mapping in R]
  • [Now getting into what you can do with spacial data.]

Coding Techniques

  • [geojson are amazing rather than shapefiles - so easy!]
  • [getting more comfortable with different spacial analysis]

Questions & Challenges

  • [There is a lot to know about projections and selecting the correct projections.]
  • [See Line 369 for next steps for Assignemnt 2 in the Inclass practice since we didn’t get to it.]

Connections to Policy

  • [PROJECTIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE SPACIAL DATA IS ACCURATELY PORTRAYED BEST]

Reflection

  • [I really liked the history of projections and development of the mapping. Honestly walking through the lecture codes was extremely helpful. ]
  • [I enjoy the pace of this class, it is very helpful to learn the background of the code and what it means.]