Hello everyone,
Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 9th. Jaya Krishnan will be talking
about doing GIS with R.
This season we are again fortunate to be guests in the offices of the
Geological Survey of Canada at 605 Robson Street in Vancouver, in their 15th
floor boardroom. There is a link on the web site to Google Maps. Remember
that the talks will begin at 5:30. The lobby doors and the elevators are
locked at 6:00. Please try and be in before then. When you arrive on the
15th floor you will see a sign directing you to the boardroom in the SW corner
of the building.
We are still seeking people to speak this season. If you have topics you would
like to explore, speakers you would like to hear from or, if you would like to
present yourself, you can reach me through the email address on the web site.
I hope many of you can make it out on November 9th.
Regards,
Doug Hrynyk
Steering Committee Coordinator
Vancouver GIS Users Group
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November 9, 2016
Time: 5:30 pm
Topic: GIS Using R
Speaker: Jaya Krishnan
R is an open source software environment for statistical computing and
graphical visualization, and is widely used by scientists, data analysts, and
statisticians. Its flexibility and extensibility have allowed programmers to
develop spatial packages in R that enables it to function like a GIS, capable
of performing analysis, image processing, web mapping, and practically any
other spatial task.
This presentation offers a peak into some GIS tasks carried out using R.
Examples include two interactive web maps, an animated thematic map,
integration of R with other software like QGIS, and raster image processing for
land cover classification.
Bio: Jaya Krishnan was trained as a Civil Engineer and initially worked for an
engineering firm in New Delhi, where she was introduced to GIS. Her passion for
conservation work led her to pursue a degree in GIS in the United Kingdom.
Following this she worked for a municipality in England for two years, and then
returned to India to apply GIS for environmental conservation and social
research for five years. She moved to Canada last year and has been providing
consultancy in GIS.
