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Mindoro Digital Elevation Map

June 14, 2012
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Mindoro Digital Elevation Map

Saw a map produced by my previous student using a commercial GIS software.Using R raster package and data from diva-gis.org. I produced the same map

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RSMC 2011 Typhoon Tracks

June 8, 2012
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RSMC 2011 Typhoon Tracks

While at Puerto Princesa Airport in Palawan and waiting for my flight back to Manila, I opened my laptop and started doing what I usually do (practice may skills in R) on my idle time. With some inspirations from spatialanalysis.co.uk, I tried to make ...

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Earthquake Density in the Philippines (2011-2012)

June 7, 2012
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Earthquake Density in the Philippines (2011-2012)

 Using the same data and package from my previous post, but minor tweak on the code, I produced the map below:

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Poverty Incidence in the Philippines

June 6, 2012
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Poverty Incidence in the Philippines

Every three (3) years, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) publish data on provincial poverty incidence in the Philippines. Using R, I put the tabulated poverty incidence data into maps to check pattern and changes on the country's pr...

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R-NOLD 2012-06-06 03:18:00

June 6, 2012
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R-NOLD 2012-06-06 03:18:00

While traveling across the Visayas, I encountered barangay (villages) with the name same as my last name. Using R and map data from gadm.org I search and mapped other villages in the country named “Salvacion”.

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R-NOLD 2012-05-23 05:48:00

May 23, 2012
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R-NOLD 2012-05-23 05:48:00

Mapping Global Earthquake using XML and MaptoolsEveryday the US Geological Survey (USGS) publish earthquake data (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html) all over the globe. Using XML and maptool packages of R I d...

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R-NOLD 2012-05-21 04:46:00

May 21, 2012
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R-NOLD 2012-05-21 04:46:00

Mapping Philippines earthquake data from January 2011 to January 2012 collected by PHIVOLCS using R ggplot package.I tried to recreate the earthquake map of the Philippines created using maptool and R plot function using ggplot2. Earthquake map ...

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