R Packages & its Uses – 3

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    Rishabh Surana
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      What are the uses of these tools?

      >> For Spatial data:

      > sp, maptools

      > maps

      > ggmap

      >> For Time Series and Financial data:

      >zoo –

      >xts –

      >quantmod

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      Mayank Goyal
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        >> For Spatial data:

        > sp, maptools – Tools for loading and using spatial data including shapefiles.

        > maps – Easy to use map polygons for plots.

        > ggmap – Download street maps straight from Google maps and use them as a background in your ggplots.

        >> For Time Series and Financial data:

        >zoo – Provides the most popular format for saving time series objects in R.

        >xts – Very flexible tools for manipulating time series data sets.

        >quantmod – Tools for downloading financial data, plotting common charts, and doing technical analysis

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