About the workshop

You’ve likely used Google Maps, Yelp, or Craigslist, which all have integrated web map elements, but have you ever thought of creating a web map for your research project? An interactive web map is a great tool for both data exploration and communicating your research with a wide audience, academic and public alike.

Leaflet is one of the most popular open-source JavaScript libraries for interactive maps. Here’s an example Interactive Map Tracking Charges & Enforcement Related to Covid-19 created with Leaflet by two researchers in Canada. This workshop will introduce you to Leaflet for R, an R package, which makes it easy to integrate and control Leaflet maps in R without knowledge of JavaScript. You can create interactive web maps right in R Studio! The topics covered include:

• Web mapping basics (map titles, web services, etc)
• Using the Leaflet package for R to add titles, markers, popups, create a theme map, change basemap, etc.
• Host and publish your web map through Github

Target audience

This workshop is designed for those familiar with R and interested in making interactive maps with R.  If you hope leverage your R skills to explore spatial data and/or communicate your projects in a web-based format, this workshop is right for you. 

Requirements

Software

Participants need to install the latest versions of R and RStudio prior to attending the workshop.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with R and the RStudio environment. 

Resources

Workshop materials