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I'm Elliot, Chief Information Officer at Eco.

Mapping in ggplot2

A practical guide to mapping US state-level data with ggplot2.

Sep 4, 2026
Hello again
The site has been rebuilt from scratch, and a handful of 2019 posts from the old Random Forestry blog have been migrated over.
Jan 21, 2019
#tidytuesday 19-01-22
An exploration of the #tidytuesday US incarceration dataset in R, covering data munging, validation, and mapping median incarceration rates by state and county with ggplot2.
Jan 20, 2019
Setting up a Blogdown Site
An outline of the steps for standing up a blogdown site: recommended reading, repo setup, package installation, and deploying to Netlify.
Jan 20, 2019
Updating Blogdown Site
Quick notes on the workflow for adding a new post to a blogdown site: the YAML front matter, previewing with serve_site, and committing and pushing to GitHub.

I write about data and AI for home services and the people building technology for the trades.

Ohio, USA