1  Framing this book

1.1 Aim / vision and content of book

  • Focus on intuition and application of spatial data analysis and modelling

  • Fit into the broader ecosystem

1.2 How we have written

  • open book

  • reproducible

  • why R

1.3 Who is this book for

  • For data scientists

  • For social scientists

  • Language we use to reach these audiences

  • Graduate level

1.4 How this book fits within the broader spatial data analysis ecosystem