How to plot ZIP codes on a map in R with zipcodeR
Build choropleth and dot maps of US ZIP codes in R using zipcodeR for the data layer and tigris + sf + ggplot2 for the geometry. Includes interactive maps with leaflet.
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How to assign ZIP codes to geographic regions in R
Roll up ZIP-level data to county, state, MSA, or any custom region in R using zipcodeR. Covers reverse_zipcode() for built-in geographies and crosswalk joins for custom regions.
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A practical guide to calculating great-circle distance between ZIP codes in R using zipcodeR — including pairwise lookups, batch calculations, and finding all ZIPs within a radius.
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zipcodeR Reaches 53+ Peer-Reviewed Citations, Including MIS Quarterly
My open-source R package for ZIP code analysis has now been cited in 53+ peer-reviewed publications, including MIS Quarterly—a Financial Times Top 50 journal.
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Making Data Tell Stories: Visualization for Public Policy
How effective data visualization can transform complex policy issues into actionable insights for decision-makers and the public
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A Spatial Analysis of New Jersey's Medical Cannabis Dispensary Accessibility
An isochrone-based GIS analysis revealing that over 756,000 New Jerseyans in 110 municipalities face 30+ minute drives to the nearest medical cannabis dispensary.
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New Jersey's official geocoding API now has a client for R
Using New Jersey's official state geocoding service just got easier! This post introduces njgeo, a new R package that simplifies working with New Jersey-specific spatial datasets.
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What Social Media Data Tells Us About the 2021 New Jersey Governor's Race
A sentiment analysis of tweets about the Murphy-Ciattarelli gubernatorial race reveals key differences in campaign rhetoric, word choice, and online engagement.
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Automating web scraping with GitHub Actions and R
GitHub Actions is a powerful tool for automating workflows. This post presents an example of using GitHub Actions to automatically run a web scraper in R and commit the results to a repository.
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Introducing zipcodeR, an R package that makes it easy to work with ZIP code-level data in spatial analysis and demographics research
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njtr1: An R Package to Download & Analyze New Jersey Car Crash Data
Introducing njtr1, an R package that automates the acquisition and cleaning of motor vehicle crash data published by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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What's New in zipcodeR v0.2?
A review of the new features in zipcodeR v0.2, including congressional district lookups, FIPS code searches, and community-contributed improvements.
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