Beginner’s guide: Make a quick map of species observations in Python and R

The ability to make a map quickly is an essential skill in ecology and conservation. This post shows how to make a quick, simple map of Peron’s tree frog occurrences & set a custom font using either Python or R.

Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Anura
Maps
Python
R
Authors

Amanda Buyan

Dax Kellie

Published

December 18, 2023

Author

Amanda Buyan
Dax Kellie

Date

18 December 2023

Maps are one of the most common and useful data visualisation tools in an ecologist’s tool belt. Making a quick and simple map of species observations is especially useful when first investigating where a species has occurred. Viewing locations of points can also help to understand the extent of your data (and spot possible errors or outliers).

In this post, we will use either Python or R to make a map of observations of Peron’s tree frog (Litoria peronii) in New South Wales since 2018 recorded by FrogID.