Data Visualisation & Shiny Apps Workshop
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About this event
Join Dr Lauren Ansell from the University of Plymouth for a Data Visualisation and Shiny Apps workshop, where you will learn:
- How to work with and plot shapefiles
- How to combine shapefiles with CSV files
- How to collect data using JSON API requests
- How to create interactive pages with R's Shiny package
Traditionally much of data visualisations begin with a table of data such as a csv file or database which is then plotted as bar charts, line charts or scatter plots. In this workshop we will demonstrate how to plot other forms of data such as shape files and how we can combine shapefiles with tables of data. This workshop will also demonstrate how to access data from API’s with the use the of R’s JSON and HTTR packages.
From these data visualisations, we can create shiny apps: an interactive page that allows users to interact with the data and help communicate your findings/work to a broader audience. This workshop will demonstrate how to create simple pages which can be extended to create dashboards.
This event is being led by the University of Plymouth, with a wealth of expertise from the Impact Lab partnership. Following on from this workshop, the Impact Lab can provide 10 hours of free one-to-one support to Devon-based businesses to work through examples that relate directly to your business needs. If you're outside of Devon, there are many other support opportunities that could be available to you from the seven Impact Lab partners.
Organiser The Environmental Futures & Big Data Impact Lab
Organiser of Data Visualisation & Shiny Apps Workshop
The Environmental Futures & Big Data Impact Lab is a £6.4m partnership of seven Devon-based, world class organisations, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
The partnership consists of the University of Exeter, Exeter City Futures, the Met Office, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the University of Plymouth and Rothamsted Research.
We offer free support to businesses looking to capitalise on Big Data and Environmental opportunities and create new products and services. We also help academics and scientists to commercialise their expertise.
Our objective is to boost inward investment and productivity-led growth by positioning Devon as a national and international centre for Environmental and Big Data analytics. We do this by bringing together the area's world-class research & development assets and data, within a business-focused innovation ecosystem; providing support and facilitating the development of new products and services.
