diff --git a/01-introduction.ipynb b/01-introduction.ipynb deleted file mode 100644 index 862a0be21559b7af8e2f75560c038e8540b7dfd9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 --- a/01-introduction.ipynb +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -{ - "cells": [ - { - "cell_type": "raw", - "metadata": {}, - "source": [ - "---\n", - "bibliography: references.bib\n", - "---" - ], - "id": "a9a187e6" - }, - { - "cell_type": "markdown", - "metadata": {}, - "source": [ - "# Introduction {#introductionx}\n", - "\n", - "## Spatial in R : History and evolutions\n", - "\n", - "Historically, 4 packages make it possible to import, manipulate and transform spatial data:\n", - "\n", - "- The package `rgdal` [@rgdal] which is an interface between Rand the [GDAL](http://www.gdal.org/) [@GDAL] and [PROJ](https://proj.org/) [@PROJ] libraries allow you to import and export spatial data (shapefiles for example) and also to manage cartographic projections\\\n", - "- The package `sp` [@sp] provides class and methods for vector spatial data in R. It allows displaying background maps, inspectiong an attribute table etc.\\\n", - "- The package `rgeos` [@rgeos] gives access to the [GEOS](http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/) spatial operations library and therefore makes classic GIS operations available: calculation of surfaces or perimeters, calculation of distances, spatial aggregations, buffer zones, intersections, etc.\\\n", - "- The package `raster` [@raster] is dedicated to the import, manipulation and modeling of raster data.\n", - "\n", - "Today, the main developments concerning vector data have moved away from the old 3 (`sp`, `rgdal`, `rgeos`) to rely mainly on the package `sf` ([@sf], [@pebesma2018]). In this manual we will rely exclusively on this package to manipulate vector data.\n", - "\n", - "The packages `stars` [@stars] and `terra` [@terra] come to replace the package `raster` for processing raster data. We have chosen to use the package here `terra` for its proximity to the `raster`.\n", - "\n", - "## The package `sf`\n", - "\n", - "<img src=\"img/sf.gif\" align=\"right\" width=\"150\"/> The package `sf` was released in late 2016 by Edzer Pebesma (also author of `sp`). Its goal is to combine the feature of `sp`, `rgeos` and `rgdal` in a single, more ergonomic package. This package offers simple objects (following the [*simple feature*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Features) standard) which are easier to manipulate. Particular attention has been paid to the compatibility of the package with the *pipe* syntax and the operators of the `tidyverse`.\n", - "\n", - "`sf` directly uses the GDAL, GEOS and PROJ libraries.\n", - "\n", - "{fig-align=\"center\" width=\"600\"}\n", - "\n", - "[From r-spatial.org](https://r-spatial.org/r/2020/03/17/wkt.html)\n", - "\n", - "::: {.callout-note icon=\"false\"}\n", - "Website of package `sf` :\n", - "\n", - "[Simple Features for R](https://r-spatial.github.io/sf/)\n", - ":::\n", - "\n", - "### Format of spatial objects `sf`\n", - "\n", - "{fig-align=\"center\" width=\"600\"}\n", - "\n", - "Objects`sf` are objects in `data.frame` which one of the columns contains geometries. This column is the class of sfc (*simple feature column*) and each individual of the column is a sfg (*simple feature geometry)*. This format is very practical insofa as the data and the geometries are intrinsically linked in the same object.\n", - "\n", - "```{block2, type='linky'}\n", - "Thumbnail describing the simple feature format: \n", - " [Simple Features for R](https://r-spatial.github.io/sf/articles/sf1.html)\n", - "```\n" - ], - "id": "b4f55113" - } - ], - "metadata": { - "kernelspec": { - "display_name": "Python 3", - "language": "python", - "name": "python3" - } - }, - "nbformat": 4, - "nbformat_minor": 5 -} \ No newline at end of file