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Timothée Giraud
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I work at CNRS. I post about reproducible research and all things spatial.
Author of {mapsf}, {osrm} and other :rstats: spatial packages. Co-author of the […]

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Day 03 of #30DayMapChallenge with a density choropleth and quantiles!

👏 Thanks to @Benjamin Novak's tutorial in @yan-holtz.bsky.social gallery r-graph-gallery.com/web-map-chor...
🌚 Used data from the Observatoire Statistique Tranfrontalier

#rstats #dataviz #map #ggplot2 #gis
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The first major version of {mapsf} has arrived on CRAN!

mapsf is a thematic mapping R package. Its goal is to be simple and lightweight while offering all the necessary features to create beautiful statistical maps.

This release includes a revamped theming […]

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A map of rental prices in Paris region. The prices are in euros per square meters. The statistical map includes map layout element such as north arrow, credits and scale bar. cheat sheet of the mapsf package
July 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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New package on CRAN: {valh}, an interface between R and the Valhalla API

Valhalla is a routing service based on OpenStreetMap data.
https://valhalla.github.io/valhalla

Co-authored by @mthv

#gischat #rspatial #rstats #openstreetmap
A map of Berlin. The map use OpenStreetMap data. The map shows the roads between 3 points using a car, a bicycle or walking.
April 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Introducing {maposm}, an R package that extracts, modifies and merges sets of layers from OpenStreetMap for cartographic purposes.

On github: https://github.com/riatelab/maposm

The package is not on CRAN, but it is on r-universe: https://riatelab.r-universe.dev/maposm

#rstats #rspatial #gischat
A map of Castries in Saint Lucia. The map is in a circle, we can see roads, buildings, water bodies and green areas. The map is colorful. A map of Castries in Saint Lucia. The map is in a circle, we can see roads, buildings, water bodies and green areas. The map is in black and white colors.
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A new version of {maptiles} has been released on CRAN. :rstats: 📦

You can now access the high-resolution (or retina) tiles distributed by some providers.

{maptiles} is a package for downloading and composing raster tiles with R.
https://github.com/riatelab/maptiles

#gischat #rstats #rspatial
A map of Bielefeld. It uses regular map tiles. A map of Bielefeld. It uses high resolution map tiles.
February 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Hmm, there's something missing on this map... And no, it's not New Zealand :-)
#gis #gischat
A World Map of commercial trade. Madagascar is missing, New Zealand is not.
January 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM