diff --git a/Spatial.md b/Spatial.md index a37f744..182797d 100644 --- a/Spatial.md +++ b/Spatial.md @@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ dealing with open standard formats or proprietary formats. describes a GeoJSON-centred approach to reading GeoJSON and WKT data. The entry lists `r pkg("geojson")`, and `r pkg("geojsonio")`, among others. The GeoJSON format can also be read and written with `r pkg("gdalraster")`, - `r pkg("sf")`, `r pkg("terra")`, and `r pkg("vapour")`. + `r pkg("sf")`, `r pkg("terra")`, and `r pkg("vapour")`. `r pkg("yyjsonr")` + provides extremely fast GeoJSON parsing and serialization compared to + aforementioned packages. - *Geographic Markup Language (GML):* GML format can be read and written with `r pkg("sf")`. Additional GML native reader and writer is provided by `r pkg("geometa")` model with bindings to the `r pkg("sf")` classes, @@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ dealing with open standard formats or proprietary formats. `r pkg("ncdf4")` or `r pkg("RNetCDF")`. Additionally, both `r pkg("terra")` and `r pkg("stars")` have capabilities for reading and writing NetCDF files. - *LAS / LAZ:* These file formats are designed to work with lidar point - cloud data and can be read and written with `r pkg("lidR")`. + cloud data and can be read/written with `r pkg("lidR")`. *Proprietary Data Formats* @@ -407,6 +409,11 @@ Handling spatial data data cubes. - `r pkg("terra")` package introduces many GIS methods for spatial vector and raster data. +- `r pkg("tidyterra")` implements several `tidyverse` methods (from `dplyr` and + `tidyr` packages) for `SpatRaster` and `SpatVector` objects from the `r pkg("terra")`. + Similar to the native support in the `r pkg("sf")` and `r pkg("stars")` + packages, this enables familiar tidyverse-style processing of spatial data while + preserving the original spatial class and structure. - The `r github("cran/gdalUtils")` (see ) and `r pkg("gdalUtilities")` packages provide @@ -437,6 +444,12 @@ Handling spatial data and methods (conversions, basic calculations and basic data manipulation). - The `r pkg("trip")` package extends spatial classes to permit the accessing and manipulating of spatial data for animal tracking. +- `r pkg("sfnetworks")` connects the `r pkg("sf")` and the `r pkg("tidygraph")` + packages for geospatial network analysis. It introduces an `sfnetwork` class + that stores both nodes and edges as spatial simple features, allowing for + the manipulation, analysis, and visualization of networks such as road or + river networks. `r pkg("sfnetworks")` supports tasks such as shortest path + calculation, routing or spatial joins. ### Data processing - specific @@ -450,6 +463,10 @@ Handling spatial data - The `r pkg("qualmap")` package can be used to digitize qualitative GIS data. - The `r pkg("exactextractr")` for fast and accurate summary of raster values on polygonal areas (known as zonal statistics). +- The `r pkg("geodist")` is a fast and lightweight package for computing + geographic distances between sets of coordinates (longitude and latitude). + It supports Haversine, Vincenty, and geodesic distance metrics, and is + optimized for high-performance computing on large spatial datasets. ### Remote sensing @@ -552,6 +569,13 @@ Visualizing spatial data modelling support. In addition, `r pkg("GEOmap")` provides mapping facilities directed to meet the needs of geologists and uses the `r pkg("geomapdata")` package. +- `r pkg("rayshader")` for creating 2D and 3D visualizations of elevation + data and maps. It uses ray tracing, hillshading, and ambient occlusion + techniques to produce highly detailed representations of terrain. +- `r pkg("tidyterra")` extends `r pkg("ggplot2")` to work natively with + `r pkg("terra")` objects (rasters and vectors), providing dedicated + `geom_spatraster()` and `geom_spatvector()` functions. This allows for + the production of thematic maps directly within the `ggplot2` framework. ### Packages based on web-mapping frameworks @@ -567,6 +591,10 @@ Visualizing spatial data and OpenStreetMap. - `r pkg("mapedit")` provides an R shiny widget based on `r pkg("leaflet")` for editing or creating sf geometries. +- `r pkg("mapgl")` provides an R interface to [Mapbox GL JS](https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gljs) + and [MapLibre GL JS](https://maplibre.org/projects/gl-js/), enabling interactive, + high-performance web maps rendered via WebGL. It allows users to build + customizable web maps and it integrates well with Shiny applications. ### Building cartograms @@ -628,7 +656,7 @@ study area. - `r pkg("ecespa")` provides wrappers, functions and data for spatial point pattern analysis, used in the book on Spatial Ecology of the ECESPA/AEET. The functions for binning points on grids in `r pkg("ads")` - may also be of interest. The `r pkg("ads")` package prforms first- and second-order + may also be of interest. The `r pkg("ads")` package performs first- and second-order multi-scale analyses derived from Ripley's K-function. - The `r pkg("dbmss")` package allows simple computation of a full set of spatial statistic functions of