All posts by Ari Lamstein
acs v2.1.1 is now on CRAN
A new version of the acs package is now on CRAN. I recommend that all users of choroplethr update to this version. Here is how to do it: As a reminder, after updating the acs package you might need to reinstall your Census API key with ?api.key.install. New Performance Issue Internally, choroplethr uses the acs package […]
Continue readingUpcoming Talk at the Bay Area R Users Group (BARUG)
Next Tuesday (August 8) I will be giving a talk at the Bay Area R Users Group (BARUG). The talk is titled Beyond Popularity: Monetizing R Packages. Here is an abstract of the talk: This talk will cover my initial foray into monetizing an open source R package. In 2015, a year after publishing the initial […]
Continue readingWorkshop on Monetizing R Packages
Last week I gave a talk at the San Francisco EARL Conference about monetizing R packages. The talk was well received, so this Thursday at 9am PT I will be giving the same presentation as a live workshop. This workshop covers my initial foray into monetizing choroplethr, which occurred in 2015. You will learn: Why I […]
Continue readingUpcoming Talk on Monetizing R Packages
In early June I will be speaking at the San Francisco EARL Conference about my experience monetizing my own open source R packages. This is quite an exciting talk for me, as it will be the first time that I speak about this topic! If you will be at the conference, please contact me so we […]
Continue readingChoroplethr v3.6.1 is now on CRAN
Choroplethr version 3.6.1 is now on CRAN. This version makes it easier to Calculate the percent change in demographic datasets Visualize that percent change on a map [content_upgrade cu_id=”5640″]Bonus: Download the code in this post![content_upgrade_button]Click Here[/content_upgrade_button][/content_upgrade] As an example, the following map shows how the median age in US States changed between 2010 and 2015: In […]
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