EU BON General Meeting 
Cambridge, UK, 1-4 June 2015

June 2nd, 16:30 - 18:00

Module 6: WP 3- the state of the tools developed, 
their application in WP4 and their potential links 
to policy [WP3,4,6]

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• R package created to support workflows in Aqua Maps scenarios, attempts to follow guidelines from professor Hadley Wickham regarding R package development
  • Guidelines for Advanced R: https://adv-r.had.co.nz/
  • Guidelines for R package dvelopment: https://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/
• The sources (under AGLPv3) and a web site informing about installation procedure are available at github
  • https://github.com/raquamaps
  • https://raquamaps.github.io

• Vignette - tutorial that outlines common usage / workflows
• Bundles a range of various reference data sets in the package
• Developed on Linux - now ready to be tested on Windows and Mac
• Batch calculations
• Workflows for marine versus freshwater realms

Long form documentation providing a tutorial with usage instructions - a Vignette - is available in the package and also online: - https://raquamaps.github.io/raquamaps-intro.html

Getting ready for ROpenSci?

• Shiny web UI with visualizations
• Quarter-degree cell resolutions
• Getting environmental layers from online sources
• Testing raquamaps package, comparison with aquamaps.org results
• Additional documentation
• Additional reference data sets
• Bug fixing / Quality Assurance
• Vagrant project "gisbox-server" - showing integration with qgis server etc

• Applications in WP4/T4.1 /gaps to fill, algorithm versatility)
• Applications in WP5 (qdc mapping for RMO? AWNP?)
• Chain of handover from the new AquaMaps to WP4 to WP8