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raster

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Geographic Data Analysis and Modeling

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Download and install raster package within the R console
Install from CRAN:

 install.packages("raster")

Install from Github:

 library("remotes")

                        install_github("cran/raster")

Install by package version:

 library("remotes")

                        install_version("raster", "3.6-32")

Attach the package and use:

 library("raster")

Maintained by
Robert J. Hijmans
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First Published: 2010-03-20

Latest Update: 2025-03-28

Description:

Reading, writing, manipulating, analyzing and modeling of spatial data. This package has been superseded by the "terra" package .

How to cite:

Robert J. Hijmans (2010). raster: Geographic Data Analysis and Modeling. R package version 3.6-32, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/raster. Accessed 06 Mar. 2026.

Previous versions and publish date:

1.0.0-1 (2010-03-20 11:08), 1.0.4 (2010-04-19 19:55), 1.1.7 (2010-06-04 10:41), 1.2-6 (2010-06-24 07:46), 1.3-1 (2010-07-24 22:43), 1.3-4 (2010-07-27 20:34), 1.3-11 (2010-08-12 19:14), 1.4-10 (2010-08-29 09:13), 1.5-8 (2010-09-21 10:15), 1.5-16 (2010-10-11 21:14), 1.6-10 (2010-11-03 08:43), 1.6-15 (2010-11-08 08:33), 1.6-16 (2010-11-10 12:18), 1.6-19 (2010-11-15 08:28), 1.6-22 (2010-11-21 10:16), 1.7-6 (2010-12-02 13:51), 1.7-8 (2010-12-03 09:33), 1.7-18 (2010-12-21 18:05), 1.7-23 (2011-01-05 07:46), 1.7-29 (2011-01-17 21:56), 1.7-46 (2011-02-27 19:06), 1.8-3 (2011-03-14 09:32), 1.8-9 (2011-03-27 10:28), 1.8-12 (2011-04-12 11:33), 1.8-20 (2011-05-11 09:19), 1.8-22 (2011-05-13 08:58), 1.8-25 (2011-05-25 08:37), 1.8-27 (2011-05-27 08:48), 1.8-31 (2011-06-06 08:26), 1.8-35 (2011-06-15 20:04), 1.8-38 (2011-06-18 10:03), 1.8-39 (2011-07-05 10:44), 1.9-1 (2011-07-23 16:42), 1.9-5 (2011-07-30 17:04), 1.9-11 (2011-09-13 06:39), 1.9-12 (2011-09-15 07:58), 1.9-13 (2011-09-16 19:43), 1.9-19 (2011-09-23 13:46), 1.9-27 (2011-10-12 22:05), 1.9-29 (2011-10-20 10:48), 1.9-32 (2011-10-25 09:48), 1.9-33 (2011-10-27 09:23), 1.9-41 (2011-11-10 21:01), 1.9-44 (2011-11-18 15:27), 1.9-46 (2011-11-26 08:42), 1.9-52 (2011-12-03 10:35), 1.9-54 (2011-12-07 11:52), 1.9-55 (2011-12-11 18:42), 1.9-58 (2011-12-22 12:22), 1.9-63 (2012-01-15 21:48), 1.9-64 (2012-01-17 21:52), 1.9-67 (2012-02-07 09:44), 1.9-70 (2012-02-27 10:28), 1.9-82 (2012-04-06 07:06), 1.9-92 (2012-05-02 08:33), 2.0-04 (2012-06-18 09:25), 2.0-05 (2012-06-21 18:39), 2.0-08 (2012-06-28 11:03), 2.0-12 (2012-09-02 07:46), 2.0-29 (2012-11-08 06:42), 2.0-31 (2012-11-10 08:53), 2.0-41 (2012-12-24 07:20), 2.1-12 (2013-03-12 09:53), 2.1-16 (2013-03-13 21:39), 2.1-25 (2013-04-12 14:36), 2.1-37 (2013-06-15 07:58), 2.1-41 (2013-07-02 19:42), 2.1-48 (2013-07-09 07:58), 2.1-49 (2013-07-11 19:49), 2.1-66 (2013-11-18 08:28), 2.2-5 (2014-01-01 18:32), 2.2-12 (2014-01-20 20:15), 2.2-31 (2014-03-07 16:01), 2.3-0 (2014-09-06 08:07), 2.3-10 (2014-10-17 00:27), 2.3-12 (2014-10-18 07:24), 2.3-24 (2015-01-27 09:17), 2.3-33 (2015-03-14 08:39), 2.3-40 (2015-04-11 08:12), 2.4-15 (2015-07-02 01:32), 2.4-18 (2015-08-15 23:12), 2.4-20 (2015-09-08 11:01), 2.4-30 (2015-12-10 23:43), 2.5-2 (2015-12-19 09:59), 2.5-8 (2016-06-02 18:31), 2.6-7 (2017-11-13 20:31), 2.7-15 (2018-10-16 21:10), 2.8-4 (2018-11-03 18:00), 2.8-19 (2019-01-30 18:40), 2.9-5 (2019-05-15 01:10), 2.9-22 (2019-07-10 16:02), 2.9-23 (2019-07-11 15:43), 3.0-2 (2019-08-22 23:50), 3.0-7 (2019-09-24 17:40), 3.0-12 (2020-01-30 10:00), 3.1-5 (2020-04-19 08:10), 3.3-6 (2020-06-26 18:00), 3.3-7 (2020-06-27 16:20), 3.3-13 (2020-07-17 08:40), 3.4-5 (2020-11-14 16:30), 3.4-10 (2021-05-03 07:50), 3.4-13 (2021-06-18 09:40), 3.5-2 (2021-10-11 20:40), 3.5-9 (2021-12-10 07:10), 3.5-11 (2021-12-23 11:10), 3.5-15 (2022-01-23 00:02), 3.5-21 (2022-06-27 22:00), 3.5-29 (2022-08-14 11:20), 3.6-3 (2022-09-18 22:26), 3.6-11 (2022-11-28 16:20), 3.6-13 (2023-01-07 15:00), 3.6-14 (2023-01-16 14:10), 3.6-20 (2023-03-06 13:00), 3.6-23 (2023-07-04 13:40), 3.6-26 (2023-10-14 15:40), 3.6-30 (2024-10-02 20:10), 3.6-31 (2025-01-16 19:50)

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Functions, R codes and Examples using the raster R package

Some associated functions: Arith-methods . Compare-methods . Extent-class . KML . Logic-methods . Math-methods . NAvalue . RGB . Raster-classes . Rcpp-classes . Summary-methods . addLayer . adjacent . aggregate . alignExtent . animate . approxNA . area . as.character . as.data.frame . as.list . as.logical-methods . as.matrix . as.raster . atan2 . autocor . bands . barplot . bind . blockSize . boundaries . boxplot . brick . buffer . calc . cellFrom . cellStats . cellsFromExtent . clamp . clearValues . click . clump . cluster . colortable . compare . compareCRS . contour . coords . corLocal . cover . crop . crosstab . cut . cv . dataType . datasource . density . dimensions . direction . disaggregate . distance . distanceFromPoints . draw . drawExtent . erase . extend . extension . extent . extract . extractIndex . extremeValues . factor . filename . filledContour . flip . flowpath . focal . focalWeight . freq . gainoffset . geom . getData . getValues . getValuesBlock . getValuesFocal . gridDistance . hdrFiles . headtail . hillShade . hist . image . iniFile . init . interpolate . intersect . isLonLat . layerStats . layerize . localFun . mask . match . merge . metadata . modal . mosaic . movingFun . names . ncell . nlayers . origin . overlay . pairs . persp . plot . plotRGB . pointDistance . predict . programming . projectRaster . projection . properties . quantile . raster-package . raster . rasterFromCells . rasterFromXYZ . rasterOptions . rasterTmpFile . rasterToContour . rasterToPoints . rasterToPolygons . rasterize . readAll . reclassify . rectify . replacement . resample . resolution . rotate . rotated . round . roundExtent . rowFromCell . rowSums . sampleInt . sampleRandom . sampleRegular . sampleStratified . saveStack . scale . scalebar . select . setExtent . setMinMax . setValues . shapefile . shift . slopeAspect . spEasy . spplot . stack . stackApply . stackSelect . strech . subs . subset . summary . symdif . terrain . text . transpose . trim . union . unique . unstack . update . validCell . validNames . weighted.mean . which.minmax . which . writeFormats . writeRaster . writeValues . xyFromCell . zApply . zonal . zoom . zvalues .
Some associated R codes: AAAClasses.R . AAgeneric_functions.R . GDALtransient.R . Geary.R . RGB.R . RcppExports.R . addFiles.R . addLayer.R . adjacency.R . adjacent.R . aggregate_3d.R . aggregate_sp.R . alignExtent.R . animate.R . approxNA.R . area.R . arith.R . arith_sp.R . as.array.R . as.character.R . as.data.frame.R . as.logical.R . as.matrix.R . as.raster.R . as.spatial.R . atan2.R . bands.R . barplot.R . bbox.R . bilinearValue.R . bind.R . blend.R . blockSize.R . boundaries.R . boxplot.R . brick.R . buffer.R . calc.R . canProcessInMemory.R . cellFromLine.R . cellFromPolygon.R . cellRowCol.R . cellStats.R . cellValues.R . cellsFromExtent.R . clamp.R . clearValues.R . click.R . clump.R . clusterR.R . coerce.R . col2RGB.R . colortable.R . commonDataType.R . compare.R . compareCRS.R . compare_Logical.R . connection.R . contour.R . cor.R . corLocal.R . cover.R . coverBrick.R . coverPolygons.R . crop.R . cropSpatial.R . crosstab.R . cut.R . cv.R . dataProperties.R . dataType.R . density.R . destair.R . dim.R . direction.R . disaggregate.R . distance.R . distanceFromPoints.R . distanceRows.R . distanceToEdge.R . dotdens.R . drawExtent.R . drawPoly.R . drivers.R . dropLayer.R . erase.R . extend.R . extension.R . extent.R . extentUnion.R . extract.R . extractExtent.R . extractLines.R . extractPoints.R . extractPoints_sp.R . extractPolygons.R . factor.R . fasterize.R . filler.R . fixDBFnames.R . flip.R . flowpath.R . focal.R . focalFun.R . focalWeight.R . fourCellsFromXY.R . frbind.R . freq.R . fullFileName.R . gainoffset.R . gdal.R . gdalFormats.R . geom.R . getData.R . getValues.R . getValuesBlock.R . getValuesFocal.R . getValuesRows.R . gridDistance.R . gridDistance2.R . hdr.R . hdrBIL.R . hdrBov.R . hdrEnvi.R . hdrErdasRaw.R . hdrIDRISI.R . hdrPRJ.R . hdrRaster.R . hdrSAGA.R . hdrVRT.R . hdrWorldFile.R . head.R . hillShade.R . hist.R . idwValue.R . ifelse.R . image.R . imageplot.R . imageplot2.R . index.R . indexReplace.R . indexReplaceBrick.R . inifile.R . init.R . intDataType.R . interpolate.R . intersect.R . intersect_sp.R . is.na.R . isLonLat.R . kernelDens.R . kernelDensity.R . kml.R . kml_multiple.R . labels.R . layerStats.R . layerize.R . localFun.R . makeProjString.R . makeRasterList.R . makeTiles.R . mask.R . match.R . math.R . maxDataType.R . mean.R . median.R . merge.R . metadata.R . minValue.R . modal.R . modalRaster.R . moran.R . mosaic.R . movingFun.R . multiCore.R . naValue.R . names.R . ncell.R . netCDFread.R . netCDFreadCells.R . netCDFtoRasterCD.R . netCDFtoRasterGMT.R . netCDFtoStack.R . netCDFutil.R . netCDFwriteCD.R . newPLot.R . nlayers.R . notused.R . nsidcICE.R . origin.R . overlay.R . pairs.R . persp.R . plot.R . plot2rasters.R . plotCT.R . plotExent.R . plotRGB.R . plotRaster.R . plotRaster2.R . pointdistance.R . predict.R . print.R . progressBar.R . project.R . projectRaster.R . projection.R . properties.R . quad.R . quantile.R . randomize.R . range.R . raster.R . rasterFromASCII.R . rasterFromBIL.R . rasterFromCells.R . rasterFromFile.R . rasterFromGDAL.R . rasterFromIDRISI.R . rasterFromRasterFile.R . rasterFromSAGA.R . rasterFromSurferFile.R . rasterFromXYZ.R . rasterOptions.R . rasterToPoints.R . rasterToPolygons.R . rasterize.R . rasterizeLines.R . rasterizePoints.R . rasterizePointsNGB.R . rasterizePolygons.R . ratify.R . read.R . readAscii.R . readCells.R . readCellsGDAL.R . readRasterBrick.R . readRasterLayer.R . reclassify.R . rectify.R . replaceProperties.R . resample.R . rotate.R . roundExtent.R . rowMinMax.R . rowSums.R . sampleAlong.R . sampleInt.R . sampleRandom.R . sampleRegular.R . sampleStratified.R . scale.R . scalebar.R . select.R . setCV.R . setExtent.R . setFileExt.R . setMinMax.R . setValues.R . setZ.R . sf.R . shift.R . show.R . shp.R . simplifyPols.R . slopeAspect.R . sparse.R . speasy.R . spplot.R . srs.R . stack.R . stackApply.R . stackFile.R . stackQuick.R . stackSelect.R . stretch.R . subs.R . subset.R . summary-methods.R . summary.R . symdif.R . terrain.R . text.R . tmpFile.R . transpose.R . trim.R . union.R . union_sp.R . unique.R . unstack.R . update.R . validCell.R . values.R . weighted.mean.R . which.R . which.max.R . whiches.max.R . writeAllAscii.R . writeAllGDAL.R . writeAllRaster.R . writeRaster.R . writeStartStop.R . writeStartStopAscii.R . writeStartStopGDAL.R . writeStartStopRaster.R . writeValues.R . xyCell.R . xyMinMax.R . xyResolution.R . xyValuesBuffer.R . zApply.R . zonal.R . zoom.R . zzz.R . Full raster package functions and examples

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