Workshop: Interactive maps and 3D graphs with R

Interactive maps and 3D graphs with R (2 lessons)

Date: 18 Oct and 25 Oct

Time: 14:30 - 17:00

Target Audience: All Students

Medium of Instruction: English

Pre-requisite:

• Basic R programming skill
• Basic data visualization skill with R

What you will learn

• Understand the major types of maps
• Create interactive and static maps by various R packages
• Create interactive charts, animations and 3D charts by Plotly package
  

Course outline

Lesson 1

1. Create major map types by various R packages (interactive and static)
   1. General reference maps (Planimetric maps)
   2. Topographic maps
   3. Thematic maps

Lesson 2

1. Create interactive charts, animations and 3D charts by Plotly package
   1. Basic charts with interactive feature
      1. Line charts
      2. Bar charts
   2. Animations on 2D chart
      1. Scatter plots
   3. 3D charts
      1. Scatter plots
      2. Line charts
      3. Surface plots

Practical coursework throughout the workshop