Summary and Setup
Welcome to the Intro to Geospatial Raster and Vector data workshop for the Minorities in Shark Sciences group!
We have a fun workshop planned for you all.
In addition to class time on Mondays from 3-5p PT, we will offer an optional “Office Hours” time on Thursdays from 4-5p PT. These Office Hours will alternate between troubleshooting sessions where you can bring anything in R that you’ve been working on and would like some guidance with, and “SharkyR” talks, where shark scientists will come and give a presentation about how they have used R in their work.
We have the schedule for both below.
Class Schedule (Mon, 3-5p PT):
| Week | Date | Topics Covered | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 2024-07-01 | Introduction to R and RStudio, Project Management with R, Data Structures | |
| Week 2 | 2024-07-08 | Exploring Data Frames, Subsetting Data, Data frame Manipulation with dplyr | |
| Week 3 | 2024-07-15 | Introduction to Visualization, Writing Data, Intro to Raster Data | |
| Week 4 | 2024-07-22 | Plot Raster Data, Reproject Raster Data | |
| Week 5 | 2024-07-29 | Open and Plot Vector Layers, Explore and Plot by Vector Layer Attributes | |
| Week 6 | 2024-08-05 | Plot Multiple Vector Layers, Handling Spatial Projection & CRS | |
| Week 7 | 2024-08-12 | Convert from .csv to a Vector Layer, Manipulate Raster Data | |
| Week 8 | 2024-08-19 | Create Publication-quality Graphics |
Office Hours & SharkyR Talks (Thur, 4-5p PT)
| Date | Class Type | Topics Covered |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-27 | Office hours | Downloading R, RStudio, data required for workshop |
| 2024-07-11 | SharkyR Lecture | Presentation by Allie Caughman & Leo Manir Feitosa |
| 2024-07-18 | Office hours | Bring any-R-thing you need help troubleshooting |
| 2024-07-25 | SharkyR Lecture | Presentation by Dr. Emily Meese |
| 2024-08-01 | Office hours | Bring any-R-thing you need help troubleshooting |
| 2024-08-08 | SharkyR Lecture | Presentation by Dr. Danielle Haulsee |
| 2024-08-15 | Office hours | Bring any-R-thing you need help troubleshooting |
| 2024-08-22 | SharkyR Lecture | Presentation by A-bel Gong |
Instructors and Helpers
We also have a great group of instructors and helpers for this workshop:
- Echelle Burns (she/her), Project Scientist at Environmental Markets Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Allie Caughman (she/her), PhD Student at Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Danielle Ferraro (she/her), Project Scientist at Environmental Markets Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jason Flower (he/him), Senior Project Scientist at Environmental Markets Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Lennon Thomas (she/her), Senior Project Scientist at Environmental Markets Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Tracey Mangin (she/her), Senior Project Scientist at Environmental Markets Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Gavin McDonald (he/him), Senior Project Scientist at Environmental Markets Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jose Niño Muriel (he/him), Data Science Community Lead at DREAM Lab at University of California, Santa Barbara
- Kristi Liu (she/her), DREAM Lab Services Analyst at University of California, Santa Barbara Library
Data Sets
Download the data described here and save it in a handy location. We will organize our folders during the workshop.
Software Setup
You can follow the instructions here to download R and RStudio