https://github.com/AlfaBetaBeta/shinyApp-US-states

Basic Shiny app to display geospatial and demographic information of the US at state level.
https://github.com/AlfaBetaBeta/shinyApp-US-states

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Basic Shiny app to display geospatial and demographic information of the US at state level.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/AlfaBetaBeta/shinyApp-US-states
• Owner: AlfaBetaBeta
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-06-03T17:53:11.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-08-11T16:44:15.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-13T07:04:28.490Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: leaflet, rmd, shinyapp, us-demographics
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• Size: 1.69 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
## Shiny app - US states basic spatial analysis

This repository showcases a basic usage of a leaflet based shiny app embedded in RMarkdown. The app is based on the `spData::us_states` dataset. 

For further information about this library and its datasets for spatial analysis, please refer to [the official library site](https://nowosad.github.io/spData/).

The `us_states` dataset comprises the following features for all 48 *continental* states of the US and the District of Columbia, whereby the term *continental* is loosely defined here as referring to all states in mainland America between Canada and Mexico, hence excluding Hawaii and Alaska:

* `GEOID`: character vector of geographic identifiers

* `NAME`: character vector of state names

* `REGION`: character vector of region names

* `AREA`: area in square kilometers of units class

* `total_pop_10`: numerical vector of total population in 2010

* `total_pop_15`: numerical vector of total population in 2015

* `geometry`: sfc_MULTIPOLYGON

To execute the app, simply open the `Rmd` file with RStudio and click on `Run Document` as shown below:



### App functionality 1: Aggregation by state/region

The most basic subset of the reference dataset is by state `NAME` and `REGION`. In the interactive maps available, you can select your state of interest (tab `NAME`) and its relevant features for display in the `data.table` header. Alternatively, click on the highlighted state to have its summarised features pop up.



Additionally, you can select your region of interest (tab `REGION`) for it to be highlighted in the map and its cumulative and average features per state summarised in the `data.table` header. Hovering over the states in the highlighted region enables the display of their name.



### App functionality 2: Evolution of population 2010-2015

The only demographic features available in the `us_states` dataset are the total population values in years 2010 and 2015. With these, you can inspect the relative change in population over the timespan or, combined with each state `AREA`, the population density for either year. You can focus on a specific `REGION` or on the entire country from the dropdown menus. Hovering over the active `REGION` enables the display of its state `NAME`s, and clicking on any state activates a popup with the demographic metric of interest.