Monthly Archives: March 2010

R script to import WorldClim datalayers in GRASS GIS

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

As I wrote before, you can download monthly climate data layers (rainfall, mean minimum and maximum temperature of the coldest and warmest month respectively) from WorldClim for current and future climate conditions. The latter can only be downloaded in generic … Continue reading →

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ESRI rasters in GRASS or QGIS

Posted on March 15, 2010 by

To exchange data one should preferably use a non-proprietary format, such as the ARC/INFO ASCII GRID or GeoTIFF. Unfortunately, it still happens that data is distributed in a proprietary binary format. One of the most widely used ones is the … Continue reading →

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Sharing libraries in Zotero

Posted on March 13, 2010 by

A good reference management software can make the life of a researcher much easier. There are many different software available, including various free or open-source software applications. My favorite tool is Zotero, which is a Firefox extension for the collection, … Continue reading →

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Accessing your file system from within R

Posted on March 6, 2010 by

R includes some powerful yet easy to use functions that provide a direct interface to the computer’s file system. In the example below I use two of these functions (file.info and file.copy) to copy a random selection of the songs on … Continue reading →

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Creating an image of a fern leaf in R

Posted on March 6, 2010 by

I came across this nice fractal image of a fern leaf on this website. There is also an explanation of the method to create such an image. It looked easy enough so I tried to apply this in R. Below … Continue reading →

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Build in functions in R

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

Almost everything in R is done through functions. Quick-R gives a very useful overview of commonly used numeric and character functions for creating or recoding variables. And while you are at it, check out the rest of the website. It … Continue reading →

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