BISemWeb2025
Spatial Data Analysis in R/RStudio
Welcome to the 2-day practical session hosted at BISemWeb 2025 @ ENSEA (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire). Part of this computer practical session is to deliver an interactive training session on Introductory Spatial Data Analysis in RStudio for basic mapping for any particular indicators in Cote d’Ivoire. We will be using mosquito insecticide treatment dataset from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to build intuition on the programming & data handling aspects in RStudio.
This training session has been designed purely as an introduction to show the core programming tenets for basic spatial analysis in RStudio. This online resource is free of charge, and thus has been designed as reference to this session and will remain available indefinitely to participants.
Structure
All lectures and computer practicals will be delivered hybrid. The table below contains the lessons and learning materials:
| Day | Session | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 17/12/2025 | Lecture | Intro. Spatial Data Analysis [Slides] |
| 18/12/2025 | Practical I | Basic mapping using tmap [Dataset] |
| 19/12/2025 | Practical II | Spatial Autocorrelation [Slides] [Dataset] |
Warning
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you can, please bring your own laptops with you to participate in these remote sessions. These will be recorded accordingly and the associated video will be made available.
Contact Details of Instructor
Beyond the course, please feel free to contact me via email for help, or if you would like a Zoom meeting for additional support if need be.
My contact information is:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Dr. Anwar Musah | a.musah@ucl.ac.uk |