R for Spatial Statistics R Spatial Statistics
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There are packages specifically for spatial operations and spatial statistics in R. As you've seen, we don't really need to use these in R to do spatial statistics but sometimes they can really help.
Note: There are packages that will create "maps" in R. I don't really recommend this as there are GIS packages out there (ArcGIS, QGIS, BlueSpray, and others) that will do a much better job at creating maps (i.e. use a hammer to drive a nail).
Spatial Stats Packages
sp - spatial data
gstat - kriging, variograms
ads - Spatial point patterns analysis
ecespa - Functions for spatial point pattern analysis
geoRglm - a package for generalized linear spatial models
Spatial geostatistics; some geo statistical and radial basis functions, prediction and cross validation; design of optimal spatial sampling networks based on geo-statistical modelling
maptools - Tools for reading and handling spatial objects
ncf - spatial nonparametric covariance functions
glmmBUGS - Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Spatial Models with WinBUGS, BRugs, or OpenBUGS
- map
- shapefile
- Reads and writes shapefiles
Other Resources