Posts in Category: software

Efficient import of large csv files into R

Hey everybody,

after a short summer break we are ready to emerge from several weeks in the doldrums 🙂

If you are working with large data sets stored in .csv format, the files are likely to comprise hundreds of MB or several GB of data.
Importing these csv files using the common read.csv or

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GRASS GIS 7.0.0 release

Brief information: These days GRASS GIS 7.0.0 has been released!
This major release took more than six years for the GRASS team to develop. They have done great work and built in more than 10,500 fixes and improvements. Version 7.0.0 will also enjoy long-term support.
Now there is a considerable

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QGIS 2.8 – Wien released

Probably you already know:
QGIS 2.8 (Wien) has been released last friday!
2.8 is a long term release (LTR) version, that means it will be supported with updates for the next year.
As a stable and less frequently changing platform it should especially be interesting for use in enterprises/organisations who

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