Improve your maps in one line of code changing map projections
Did you ever think why we (okay, I’m clearly biased, maybe just many of us, humans) love maps so much? Why do they often work so much better than other...continue reading.
Category: Visualisation
Improve your maps in one line of code changing map projections
Did you ever think why we (okay, I’m clearly biased, maybe just many of us, humans) love maps so much? Why do they often work so much better than other...continue reading.
Geocode address text strings using tidygeocoder
Deriving coordinates from a string of text that represents a physical location on Earth is a common geo data processing task. A usual use case would be an address question...continue reading.
Foliage 2023
The days are getting shorter and when we were visiting Down East Maine the other week, there was just a hint of some trees starting to change up their leaf...continue reading.
R Esquisse: How to Explore Data in R Through a Tableau-like Drag-and-Drop Interface
R Esquisse is an R package that provides an intuitive GUI for creating data visualizations using ggplot2. This package is particularly valuable for stakeholders seeking quick interactive analysis and insights...continue reading.
Why I Prefer R for Analytics
One of the the questions that I get over and over is, which data science language do I use? I have my own preferences with regards to programming languages, but...continue reading.
5 Ways R Programming and R Shiny Can Improve Your Business Workflows
It doesn’t take a data scientist to use R – that’s the point we’ll prove in today’s article. If you’re an experienced Excel user, you’ve likely run into some hard...continue reading.
“Climate spiral” – Plotting GISS Surface Temperature
NASA has been collecting surface temperature for more than over 100 years, and the GISS Surface Temperature analysis from 1888 onward. It is an estimate of global surface temperature change....continue reading.
Make “Solar System” Plots With {ggsolar}
I was cranking out a blog post for work earlier this week that shows off just how many integrations our platform has. I won’t blather about that content here, but...continue reading.
The Road To ggplot2 In WebR, Part 1: The Road Is Paved With Good Base R Plots
I have graphics working in Vanilla JS WebR, now, and I’ll cover the path to that in two parts. The intent was to jump straight into ggplot2-land, but, as you...continue reading.
Show all data in the background of your faceted ggplot
One of the game-changing features of ggplot2 was the ease with which one can explore the dimensions of the data using small multiples.1 There is a small trick that I...continue reading.
The Music of the Spheres
He himself could hear the harmony of the Universe, and understood the music of the spheres, and the stars which move in concert with them, and which we cannot hear...continue reading.
Redesigning Dashboards with Shiny and Rhino: World Bank’s Carbon Pricing
The modern revolution of big data has led to a boom in business intelligence. But data is only as valuable as the insights it provides. That means the true value...continue reading.
R ggmap – How to Visualize Spatial Data in R
Spatial data is always tougher to visualize than it seems at first. Well, not anymore. R ggmap is an amazing package you can start using almost instantly, after some light...continue reading.
CRAN and the Isoband Incident – Is Your Project at Risk and How to Fix It
The R community had a recent scare with the isoband package risking archival on CRAN. The reason why this incident made waves is that isoband is a ggplot2 dependency and...continue reading.
Matplotlib vs. ggplot: How to Use Both in R Shiny Apps
Data Science has (unnecessarily) divided the world into two halves – R users and Python users. Irrelevant of the group you belong to, there’s one thing you have to admit...continue reading.
Little useless-useful R functions – Greedy Salesman
Travelling Salesman Problem is an NP-complete problem and an old mathematical problem. For this useless function, we will look for the nearest city from the previous city (or starting point)...continue reading.
Nightingale Kids Data Visualization Competition
My family entry into the “Dear Nightingale” analogue data creation challenge. Using puppy olympic competition data for our personal dataset and clay to make a 3D dataviz.continue reading.
How to Use geom_smooth in R
This tutorial will show you how to use the geom_smooth function in R. It explains what geom_smooth does, explains the syntax, and shows step-by-step examples of how to use this...continue reading.
Little useless-useful R functions – Plotting the decimal and binary conversion
How does the conversion between decimal to binary or from binary to decimal behave? With another useless function, I have plotted the points (x = decimal number, y = converted...continue reading.
