Week 6

Applying spatial transformations and geometric operations using {sf}

Summary

This week we are learning more about the spatial, geometry, and geometric operations available through the {sf} package.

Overview

Key Objectives

• Introduce spatial, geometry, and geometric operations in {sf}
• Practice using geometry operations for buffering or simplifying features
• Practice using geometric operations like union, intersection, and difference
• Practice using related functions including spatial joins and filters

Prepare

Required reading

• Ch. 20 Joins in Hadley Wickham, Garrett Grolemund, and Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data, 2nd edition. (Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, 2023), https://r4ds.hadley.nz/.
• Ch. 5 Geometry operations in Robin Lovelace, Jakub Nowosad, and Jannes Muenchow Geocomputation with R, 2nd ed. (CRC Press, 2025), https://r.geocompx.org.

Participate

🖥️ Getting started with spatial data using sf and the tidyverse

Practice

Details on week 6 exercise to be provided.