From 43e4a33a697792c06df3d7d3f1a56a6c620e7ea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Lovelace Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:56:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] geolibrary -> spatial library and example --- 05-read-write-plot.Rmd | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/05-read-write-plot.Rmd b/05-read-write-plot.Rmd index 7932050bb..b0999cfa4 100644 --- a/05-read-write-plot.Rmd +++ b/05-read-write-plot.Rmd @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ Nowadays, a vast amount of spatial data is available on the internet. Best of all, much of it is freely available. You just have to know where to look. While we cannot provide a comprehensive guide to all available geodata, we point to a few of the most important sources. -Overall, geolibraries and geoportals facilitate the search and download of geodata. -Geolibraries are a very useful data source but often only contain data for a specific locations. +Overall, spatial libraries (such as GEOS as GDAL) and geoportals facilitate the search and download of geodata. +Spatial libraries are a very useful data source but often only contain data for a specific locations. Then you might struggle to find the exact geolibrary matching his or her demands. -Here, geolibraries come to the rescue bundling the information of a collection of geolibraries. +Here, spatial libraries come to the rescue bundling the information of a collection of spatial libraries. If you are looking for data from all over the world, the [GEOSS portal](http://www.geoportal.org/) might be a good starting point. We also would like you to point to the [EarthExplorer](https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) and the [Copernicus Open Access Hub](https://scihub.copernicus.eu/) for a wide variety of global datasets including multispectral and radar images. European data is available from the Initiative for spatial information in the European Community ([INSPIRE](http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/)). @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ unzip(zipfile = "USA_parks.zip") usa_parks = st_read("ne_10m_parks_and_protected_lands_area.shp") ``` -Specific R packages providing an interface to geolibraries or geoportals are even more user-friendly (Table \@ref(tab:datapackages)). +Specific R packages providing an interface to spatial libraries or geoportals are even more user-friendly (Table \@ref(tab:datapackages)). ```{r datapackages, echo=FALSE}