- Date: Thursday -- Friday, March 15-16, 2018
- Time: 9.00 -- 16.00
- Location: Building E III, room PC-I (in front of the Audimax).
You may use the computers at PC-I, where R and necessary packages are already installed. However, I would encourage you to bring your own computers. If you don't already have R installed in your computers, please download and install it from here.
You can use the code editor of your choice. However, I recommend using RStudio Desktop.
Packages extend the basic functionality of R and add functions and datasets. For this course we will need a few extra packages developed for spatial analyses. Please install the following packages - simply paste and run this command in your R prompt:
install.packages(c("maptools", "raster", "rgeos", "moments", "gstat"),
dependencies = TRUE)
- Click here to download the course materials.
- Unzip the file - The unzipped folder contains all files and folders of this on-line repository.
The course constitutes theoretical and practical parts. In the theoretical part, I will cover:
- Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Introduction to Spatial Statistics and Spatial Interpolation
- Application of spatial interpolation to ecotoxicological risk analyses
In the practical part, I will demonstrate the application of spatial interpolation for the prediction of heavy metal concentrations in groundwater of Bangladesh using R. Subsequently, I will show the process of ecotoxicological risk mapping by comparing the predicted concentrations with guideline values.
The performance of the participants will be evaluated though a final examination and group projects. The projects and groups will be announced on Thursday.
You will receive a course evaluation form from the university. However, I would appreciate your feedback on my part of the course. You comments will help me to improve the course. Please use this form for your feedback. Your feedback will remain anonymous.