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R Tutorials

As part of the accompanying seminar for the DS2 module, BMARSYS students create their own tutorials on various R packages. The following tutorials are based on these seminar projects and have been editorially revised.

Visualisation

cowplot

Publication-quality compound figures — arranging, aligning, annotating plots and creating shared legends.

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plotly

Interactive graphics with tooltips, zoom, animations and 3D visualisations — using both ggplotly() and plot_ly().

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Spatial Data & Maps

sf (Simple Features)

Modern spatial vector data handling — reading, transforming, spatial operations and visualisation with ggplot2.

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mapview

Quick interactive maps for exploratory data analysis — combining layers, displaying attributes, choosing basemaps.

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Oceanography

oce

Oceanographic data analysis — reading CTD data, calculating seawater properties, creating section plots and maps.

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