R and QGIS in Action

Michal Michalski
07 November 2018

Open and Reproducible Workflow

Short story about weaving R and QGIS for terrain analysis

  • LAZ files
  • DTM
  • Terrain Analysis
  • Viewshed
  • 3D map

By coining the phrase “literate programming,” I am imposing a moral commitment on everyone who hears the term; surely nobody wants to admit writing an illiterate program.

Donald E. Knuth

R Notebook

R Notebook

RQGIS

RQGIS Architeture

RQGIS: Integrating R with QGIS for Statistical Geocomputing
Jannes Muenchow, Patrick Schratz and Alexander Brenning , The R Journal (2017) 9:2, pages 409-428.

CAVEAT

  • works only with 2.18

  • can't call plugins

DEMO