Archive for category Programming
Web Mapping with Free Software Tools
Posted by Richard Lent in GIS, Programming, Software on November 7, 2018
Web mapping is an application of geographic information systems (GIS) that involves the creation of interactive digital maps displayed and manipulated through a web browser. This post examines several approaches to creating and publishing interactive web maps, focusing on free and open-source software tools. Some technologies involve desktop GIS software or programming environments as part of the workflow leading […]
RStudio as a Research and Writing Platform
Posted by Richard Lent in Data analysis, Programming, Writing and citing on December 1, 2016
[A revised and updated version of this post can be found here.] R (r-project.org) is a programming language and software platform for statistical computing and graphics, widely used in academia and industry (see Introduction to R). RStudio is an integrated development environment for R. RStudio makes R easier to use, and it also enables the […]
Python programmers: Big data’s main squeeze
Posted by Richard Lent in Articles, Data analysis, Programming on December 17, 2015
An article by Jennifer Davies in The San Diego Union-Tribune.