Open source GIS and R
Jason, I agree completely that obtaining the GRASS GIS book (http://www.grassbook.org/ ) is the way to go. I don't agree that it's necessary to learn GIS concepts first using ArcGIS or QGIS. There are many books on R, including "Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R". Tom
On 9/21/10 12:06 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
There is a book written by several of the projects leads, one of which is a university professor who teaches GRASS. http://www.grassbook.org/ Best advice, learn GIS concepts using Arc or QGIS or something similar and then jump into GRASS, R, Spatial Databases. FYI, QGIS has a GRASS plugin which makes it easier to start using GRASS for the first time. Enjoy, Alex On 09/21/2010 07:18 AM, Jason.Gasper at noaa.gov wrote:
Greetings, I don't mean to hijack this thread, but do the Grass users have a suggestion as to the best way to learn the program? The manual is somewhat helpful, but there must be something out there a little more user friendly. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: stephen sefick<ssefick at gmail.com> Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:58 am Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Open source GIS and R
I use GRASS and R on a more or less daily basis. They play nicely together. The great strength of GRASS is you have the ability to use shell scripts (with all the wonders of the *nix environment) once you figure out the proper work flow (you can also run commands from
within
R although I haven't tried this). Set the computer to work, and go home and have a beer while you are getting work done. FYI the GRASS team has just released the new stable version 6.4.1 (I think). HTH, Stephen 2010/9/17 Jos? Miguel Barrios<jmbarriosg at gmail.com>:
Manuel, Since you are interested in landscape ecology, you may want to
take a look
at the features present in r.le, a set of programs available in
GRASS. Take
a look at this document: http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/landscape/r_le_manual5.pdf Cheers, Jos? Miguel 2010/9/17 Manuel Sp?nola<mspinola10 at gmail.com>
Dear list members, I am an ecologist interested in spatial and landscape ecology
and a user of
ArcView 3.3 with little experience in ArcGis but I would like
to migrate to
an open source GIS with an interface with R. I know that there are several options: QGIS, SAGA, GRASS, Illwis. What will be the best option of these or other alternatives? Best, Manuel -- Manuel Sp?nola, Ph.D. Instituto Internacional en Conservaci?n y Manejo de Vida Silvestre Universidad Nacional Apartado 1350-3000 Heredia COSTA RICA mspinola at una.ac.cr mspinola10 at gmail.com Tel?fono: (506) 2277-3598 Fax: (506) 2237-7036
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