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This is super interesting - I had no idea you could do this kind of thing with R. Very cool and a great step-by-step guide. I also second the "rite of passage
by sailfast 6y ago
This is super interesting - I had no idea you could do this kind of thing with R. Very cool and a great step-by-step guide.
I also second the "rite of passage to fight with GDAL" sentiment :)
I'd also recommend Robert Simmon's introduction to GDAL for stitching, etc:
http://www.openvisconf.com/2017/#rsimmon-video-item http://www.openvisconf.com/2017/#rsimmon-video-item
- tylermw 6y agoThe R GIS ecosystem has seen great strides recently! I've just been working on one part of it: 3D visualization and computational hillshading/raytracing. And that video looks like a great resource--I'll put it on my watch list.
- kylebarron 6y agoYou should check out Mapdeck [0]. It's R bindings to deck.gl, a JS 2D/3D geo-visualization package that I've been contributing to. As of version 8.1, there's a TerrainLayer [1] to render an interactive map with a 3D terrain mesh. [0]: https://github.com/SymbolixAU/mapdeck https://github.com/SymbolixAU/mapdeck [1]: https://deck.gl/#/documentation/deckgl-api-reference/layers/terrain-layer https://deck.gl/#/documentation/deckgl-api-reference/layers/...
- amrrs 6y agoA self plug. I'd once put together a ppt that's cherry picked 'can R do this kind of examples' https://speakerdeck.com/amrrs/r-in-the-real-world https://speakerdeck.com/amrrs/r-in-the-real-world