On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:26 AM, DavidM.UK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think one significant problem is the lack of 3D graphics support with > interactivity as per MATLAB ( I here Xgobi offers something hear but I > couldn't comment having not used it)
Have you tried the rgl package? install.packages(rgl) library(rgl) demo(rgl) Which provides the ability to rotate, zoom, etc. Also, GGobi is the newer *Gobi implementation, and R can interface with it via the rggobi package. Kingsford Jones > > On the GUI issue, I'm split - once you get used to R then it's great just to > use the command line - but as a language for teaching students (especially > those outside statistics - E.g. social sciences) a command like can be quite > daunting. R-Commander I guess addresses this to some degree - though it's no > match for the GUI offered by S-Plus (in my opinion). > > I don't think a working knowledge of any other language can be considered a > negative - any half decent programmer should be able to pick up new > languages fairly quickly if they are experienced with one. Previous > experience is especially useful if moving from matrix style language to R > (E.g. MATLAB / OCTAVE). > > I think your comments on "hard to install on linux" is a fair one -- in > terms of installing the base system that's fine, but when it comes to > install packages, I still get tripped up on compilation problems (I just > posted a topic on one such problem). It is certainly harder than say > installing a MATLAB tool box. > > > Cheers > > David > > > Monica Pisica wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I am doing a very informal presentation for my office about R capabilities >> to deal with and analyze spatial data, display data and maps, and >> connections with GIS. I've used in my presentation info from the CRAN, the >> spatial Task view, and the more striking graphics examples from >> http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/thumbs.php and NCEAS >> http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/scicomp/GISSeminar/UseCases/MapProdWithRGraphics/OneMapProdWithRGraphics.html >> together with examples of my own work. >> >> I am finishing with pros and cons about R and I am wondering if you can >> come up with other examples, or comments. Here they are: >> >> Pros: >> >> - R is a programming environment well suited for statistical analysis. >> - R is open source and cross platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux). >> - Fortran, C (C++), and Python wrappers are in place. >> - Deals well with spatial data, has a robust graphical interface and has >> an active user group list / forum. >> - External packages for R are almost daily increasing, most of them based >> on published up-to-date books and peer-reviewed articles. >> - R related books – quite a few …. >> >> Cons: >> >> - R has a very steep learning curve. >> - There is no perfect "beginner" book. >> - Experience with other programming languages is a plus / minus. >> - You can save scripts, but not *.exe. >> - It is updated several times a year (good) but there are no up-grades. >> - It seems that it is hard to install correctly under Linux. >> - Everything you want to do is a command line, minimal GUI. >> - Memory management problems (depends on your OS), especially when >> displaying big images at high resolution or working with huge matrices >> (hundreds of Mb). >> >> Also i am wondering if R works under 64 bit computers and if it takes >> advantage of it. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Monica >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> Refresh_family_safety_052008 >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Pros-and-Cons-of-R-tp17407521p17450128.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
