In this self quarantine video we introduce aspiring marine biologists to the basics of R and RStudio. The course covers some introduction to what R is and why you should use it, common operators, objects, and functions, and the different data structures native to R. The course then provides some basic examples of data exploration, visualization and analysis.
A how to on running RStudio and QGIS on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
Out with the Old… Several months back I wrote a blog detailing a preliminary method for classifying kelp from satellite imagery, based on some methods from researchers in California. We drew a couple conclusions from this. Namely, that the resolution of the LANDSAT imagery was not high enough for the Read more…
rayshader is a new R package from Tyler Morgan-Wall that makes creating beautiful hillshaded maps dead easy! Check out this quick demo of Table Mountain I threw together.
Shark Spotters The Shark Spotters shark safety program began in 2004 as a Proudly South African solution to a surge in the number of shark sightings and shark bites that was occurring at the time. The program aims to provide environmentally friendly and socially responsible shark mitigation measures, one of Read more…
“How do I do that in R?”: Ethographer What’s an accelerometer? Next up in our series of tutorials is a revisiting of some ancient work that I conducted while earning a masters degree at the University of Cape Town. In this project I compared patterns of shark swimming behaviour that Read more…
Monitoring the distribution of kelp We love kelp here at Cape RADD, if you haven’t gotten that by now then I don’t know what you’re reading. I try to use the word kelp in a sentence at least once a day and I am pretty sure I’ve seen Jessie feed Read more…