Atlas of Living Australia | Science & Decision Support

This is a working repository for R code produced by the ALA Science & Decision Support Team. The team consists of:

• Martin Westgate (Team Lead)
• Dax Kellie
• Olivia Torresan
• Shandiya Balasubramaniam
• Amanda Buyan
• Juliet Seers

Folder structure

The repo stores two main types of outputs:

• /comms contains code for one-off diagrams built for outreach purposes
  • Activities are stored in folders with 'year-month_description' naming format
• /projects contains larger pieces of analysis
  • Each project has its' own folder
  • A single project consists of scripts in .R format, and may contain standard subfolders for R projects ('functions', 'plots', 'data', etc.)

Code styling

Our default packages are:

• {galah} | Interface with ALA data
• {sf} | Spatial analysis
• {terra} | Raster analysis
• {parallel} | Parallel computing
• {devtools} | Package development
• {ggplot2} + extensions | Plotting
• {shiny} + {bslib} | Apps

Re-use

You can use anything you find here in your own work (at your own risk!). Some points to be aware of:

• Some scripts may be obsolete
  • i.e. Updating of old code is rare
• Large or sensitive data are not archived
  • i.e. Not every script is perfectly self-contained
• Our emphasis is on robust, standardised methods
  • i.e. We don't provide much guidance for cutting-edge or exploratory statistical methods