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Intro to GGMAP
Emmalee Dolfi
Ethical Implications of Spatial Analysis
Spatially displaying data can change how it’s interpreted
Locational privacy and ethics
Volunteered Geographic Information System (VGIS)
Location-based services (LBS)
Data is often collected without the subject knowing it
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Crime Mapping
What is GGMAP?
Spatial visualization with Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps,
StamenMaps and CloudMadeMaps
Combine with GGPLOT2 to spatially display data
Use ggmap() to create basemap layer, use “+” to add
ggplot2 layer with data
HoustonMap <- qmap("houston", zoom = 13, color = "bw")
HoustonMap + geom_point(data=violent_crimes,aes(x = lon, y = lat, colour
= offense ) )
Geocoding Your Data
Data must be spatially referenced in order to display it
using ggmap
The Process of Geocoding
Assigning a location (latitude,
longitude) to an address
Compares elements in the given
address the reference data set
and finds the best match
Getting a Base Map
Get_map() combines get_googlemap(),
get_openstreetmap(), get_stamenmap(),
get_cloudmademap()
Arguments:
Center, zoom, maptype, color, source
Examples of Maptypes
Displaying Point Data
Geom_point()
Must specify data
Argument: aes()
x = longitude
y = latitude
color = variable to
display
If you have factored
levels:
Can scale the points
based on these factors
Hexagonal Bins
Displays a spatial histogram
Calculates density per bin
from point data
Stat_binhex()
Specify data
Need lat and long in aes()
Bins controls the number of
bins across the x-axis, which
control the size of the bins
Alpha controls transparency
Kernel Density
Calculate magnitude per unit area from point data
Creates equal area cells (like a raster) and gives each cell
a value based on the number of point in a “search radius”
References
Michael Mann, Department of Geography, GWU
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggplot2/ggplot2.pdf
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggmap/ggmap.pdf
(Movebank.org) Fuller, M.R., Seegar, W.S., and Schueck, L.S. 1998. Routes and Travel
Rates of Migrating Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus and Swainson's Hawks Buteo
swainsoni in the Western Hemisphere. Journal of Avian Biology 29:433-440.
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=An_overview_of_
geocoding
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/gisx/training/module3/files/2_spatial_analyst_modul
e.PDF