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Bookdown :book: for CASA0005 workshops: https://andrewmaclachlan.github.io/CASA0005repo/

CASA0005 Geographic Information Systems and Science

Note the binder for this book takes a long time to load and is mainly for demonstration purposes. For instructions on how to use binder please see the practical on Git, GitHub and RMarkdown.

Description

This GitHub repository generates the CASA0005 Geographic Information Systems and Science student practical handbook which can be found at: https://andrewmaclachlan.github.io/CASA0005repo/

File structure

Within each practical the assocaited data is stored in the prac(number)_data folder for example prac2_data. The image folders simply stored all the graphics used within the practical book to explain concepts/provide examples.

Previous versions

The content of the course changes most years and previous version can be found at the links below.

Course for the academic year 2020 - 2021: https://andrewmaclachlan.github.io/CASA0005repo_20202021/

Course for the academic year 2019 - 2020: https://andrewmaclachlan.github.io/CASA0005repo_20192020/

Annual updates

Provided below are brief descriptions of the main annual updates to the practical material.

Improvements made 2021 - 2022:

1. Removed more non geographic content such as dashboards
2. Removed:

• Practical 8 on online mapping + more descriptive stats
• Elements of GitHub practical
• Instructions on citing papers in RMarkdown - this is now on the dissertation template.
• Interpolation from the first raster practical

1. Added more info on spatial weights and deciding between Spatial Error Models (SEMs) and Spatially Lagged Models (SLMs)
2. Markscheme revision for an exam not assignment.

Improvements made 2020 - 2021:

1. All of ArcGIS content removed and replaced with R and QGIS (open source)
2. Set clear weekly homework tasks
3. Custom styling of the bookdown website
4. Revision of nearly all code, moving towards the tidyverse and piped (%>%) syntax
5. More focus on dplyr and other data wrangling/tidying tools (e.g. Janitor)

Improvements made 2019 - 2020:

1. All material moved to bookdown
2. Majority of practicals moved to R
3. Addition of raster practicals
4. Revised assignment markscheme and assignment requirements