Topotrack R

A script to plot GPS tracks onto 2D or 3D topographic maps.

Install

• This script has been developed with R version 3.6.3.
• This script requires XQuartz to render the 3D view on macOS 10.9 or later.

Dependencies

• av: Tools for working with audio and video.
• [email protected]: Tools for accessing elevation data from various APIs.
• plyr: Tools for splitting, applying, and combining data.
• raster: Tools for reading, writing, manipulating, analyzing and modeling of spatial data.
• rayshader: Tools for creating and visualizing data in 2D and 3D.
• sf: Standardized way to encode spatial vector data.
• sp: Tools for working with spatial data.
• XML: Tools for parsing and creating XML.

Usage

• Replace the GPS file track.gpx with your own track in the working directory.
• Replace the path to the working directory in setwd.

Credits

• Tyler Morgan-Wall for their contribution to the indespensible rayshader package.
• Elizabeth Easter for their insightful article «Guide to creating 3D maps of GPS routes using Rayshader».
• Anna Wiederkehr for their debugging support.

Contributing

• Please submit questions and comments as issues.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Benjamin Wiederkehr

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