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CSDE Workshops

Spatial Data Analysis In R and ArcGIS

Instructor: Jessica Godwin

Date: 2025-05-20
Time: 1:30PM-3:30PM
Location Zoom link provided upon registration.

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This 2-hour workshop will introduce the use of R and ArcGIS for both Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based and script-based geographic information systems (GIS) overlay analysis workflows. By the end of the course you will be able to understand the pros and con’s of using both R and ArcGIS for spatial data analysis.

Outline
  • Presentation : GIS and Spatial Data Analysis
  • Lab1: GUI-GIS in ArcGIS Pro (ArcGIS Pro Lab Instructions)
  • Lab2: Script-based GIS in R

Materials

ArcGISPro Lab: Intro_to_ArcGISPro.pdf

R Lab: IntrotoGISinR.html

Washington Census tracts:
2020 WA Census Tracts (zip) (Source)

Washington tract-level 2020 Census counts by Race:
2020 WA Census Population counts by Race (zip) (Source)

Sound Transit Open Transit Data GIS Data:
Sound Transit Open Transit Data GIS Data (zip) (Source)

 

Additional Resources

Instructions for downloading R and RStudio:
Getting Started in R

Request a Census API Key:
https://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html