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It\u2019s been about a year and half since we released the R-ArcGIS Bridge<\/a> on GitHub, and we just passed 6,000 downloads. Thanks to all who\u2019ve provided feedback to help us continually improve the project.<\/p>\n

Last year, Esri joined the R Consortium<\/a>, a coalition of software companies focused on supporting the R community in its efforts to maintain, distribute, and improve R software. Esri\u2019s R Consortium membership will allow us to better support the needs of the community and further strengthen our relationships with other consortium partners, including Microsoft and IBM, that actively support the R open source project. Esri\u2019s membership made the list of biggest R stories of 2016<\/a> and was also announced in a Computerworld article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the technical side, there are a few new things in the works worth mentioning. Using the new ArcGIS API for Python<\/a>, you can now use R in Jupyter notebooks along with your other scripting. The bridge also works with R tools for Visual Studio (RTVS<\/a>) and with the high-performance Microsoft R Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a new toolbox project and tutorial available developed by Francesco Tonini called CHANS<\/a> (Coupled Human Natural Systems Tools). It uses the\u00a0FactoMineR\u00a0and\u00a0missMDA\u00a0R packages presented as ArcGIS geoprocessing tools to perform factor analysis on mixed quantitative\/qualitative data.<\/p>\n

If you have a project such as a sample toolbox and tutorial that you\u2019d like to share with the community, reach out to us on GitHub or GeoNet<\/a>. We would be happy to help you polish and publish your project.<\/p>\n

The most requested enhancement for the R-ArcGIS project has been raster support, which is the number one development priority for the project in 2017.<\/p>\n

Soon we\u2019ll release the first in a series of new online training materials to help beginners get going and also training to help advanced tool developers build robust integrated solutions.<\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing many of you at the Developer Summit<\/a> in Palm Springs next month and hearing about the interesting work you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

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This blog article is provided by Steve Kopp. Steve is a senior product engineer with Esri\u2019s Software Development team. He is involved in the design and development of spatial analysis and geoprocessing functionality for ArcGIS. Questions for Steve: Skopp@esri.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":5241,"user_firstname":"Jian","user_lastname":"Lange","nickname":"Jian Lange","user_nicename":"jzlange","display_name":"Jian Lange","user_email":"jlange@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:53","user_description":"Jian Lange is a principal product manager with Esri\u2019s Product Management team in Redlands, California. 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