R Project – create line chart

R Project – create line chart

The follow along R project in the YouTube video below shows how to load a spreadsheet into an R script, manipulate the data by pivoting columns, and then producing a line chart with data points. The spreadsheet used in the project can be found below. The original...
R Project – create bar chart – uses gglot2 package

R Project – create bar chart – uses gglot2 package

The follow along R project in the YouTube video below shows how to load a spreadsheet into an R script, manipulate the data by removing column/variable, change variable name, and pivot columns, and then producing a bar chart. The spreadsheet used in the project can be...
RShiny – add catchment areas to a map using geoJSON

RShiny – add catchment areas to a map using geoJSON

This example using RShiny shows how to add polygons to a map from a geoJSON file to show school catchment areas. The school locations are then plotted. The geoJSON file used in this project can be found at:...
Automatic Identification System (AIS) data – let’s track vessels!

Automatic Identification System (AIS) data – let’s track vessels!

Ahoy there! Did you know that you can track the location of vessels? All you need is the AIS data transmitted by the vessel. AIS data provides a wealth of information including current location, course, and speed all of which can all be used to make waves in the field...
Quick Guide: Wikipedia API in Power BI

Quick Guide: Wikipedia API in Power BI

This example shows how easy it is to insert Wikipedia extracts into a Power BI report using the Wikimedia API. A slicer is created to hold the name of ships, an image of the relevant ship is pulled in from Wikimedia Commons, and an extract relating to the ship is...
Hackathon: Mapping Scotland’s Shipwrecks

Hackathon: Mapping Scotland’s Shipwrecks

Over 23,000 ships have been wrecked off the coast of Scotland. I was astounded when I discovered that figure as it’s far higher than I would have guessed. I quickly went from being astonished to being quite sombre thinking about how many lives would have been lost at...

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