[R] Basic Question about use of R

2009-01-02 Thread David Greene
Dear Sirs: I am not yet a user of R. My background includes the use of (Turbo) Pascal for scientific analysis of underwater acoustics problems (e.g. sound ray tracing and array gain in directional noise fields.) I have become interested in the following type of problem: (1) select , say, 1000

Re: [R] Basic Question about use of R

2009-01-02 Thread Kingsford Jones
Hi David, A general answer to your question is: yes, R would be useful for such analyses - particularly when interfaced with a GIS. For an introduction to the types of spatial tools available in R see the Task View for spatial data: http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Spatial.html Below are a