R Observatory: Metrics for deckglgeoarrow version 0.0.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

deckglgeoarrow

0.0.2

Use 'GeoArrow' to Add 'Deck.gl' Layers to a 'maplibregl'/'mapboxgl' Map

0packages depend

400downloads / year

52.1%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Tim AppelhansFirst published 2026-07-061 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Leverages the high-performance 'GeoArrow' memory layout to render potentially very large 'Deck.gl' data layers on a 'maplibregl'/'mapboxgl' map created with R package 'mapgl'. The heavy lifting is done on the 'JavaScript' side in the browser using 'deck.gl-geoarrow' (https://github.com/geoarrow/deck.gl-geoarrow/). Currently provides functions for adding Scatterplot (points), Path (lines) and Polygon (polygons) layers. Has support for data classes from R packages 'wk' and 'sf'. In addition, convenience functions for styling data, tooltips and popups, as well as layer management are provided. Furthermore, remotely hosted 'GeoParquet' and 'GeoArrow' files can be visualised directly in the browser, without the need to first read them into R memory. Only the styling instructions are prepared by the user in R and are then transferred to and applied in the browser as the data arrives.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("deckglgeoarrow", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("r-spatial/deckglgeoarrow")

Development version from r-spatial/deckglgeoarrow. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-deckglgeoarrow

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-deckglgeoarrow

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-deckglgeoarrow

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.8 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.00

52.1%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

5

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-07-07
7 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 316 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

400

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #23,657 · ~1/day · ~33/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

23530 days

40090 days

4001 year

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Also on13 r2u1 autocran

Repository

GitHub ↗ r-spatial/deckglgeoarrow

23Stars

2Forks

13Open issues

0Open PRs

0Releases

276Commits

2Contributors

276 commits · Last activity 2026-08-18 · +4.5% stars, 30d

Stars over time

2025-07-17 · 122026-07-28 · 23

Repository practices

Upstream repositoryBeta

3 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 3 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/r-spatial/deckglgeoarrow on 2026-08-16.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

Lint, format, editor (1)

RStudio project

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v1 (2026-07-18)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

11 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.1.0

Imports (5)

geoarrow geoarrowWidget htmltools htmlwidgets nanoarrow

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (6)

geos mapgl quarto terra tinytest wk

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Tim Appelhans

Maintainer, Author

Authors (1)

Tim Appelhans

Maintainer, Author

Funders (1)

RConsortium

Funder

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

0.0.2Latest
2026-07-06 · current release
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-07-06
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Download size: 4.1 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

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citation("deckglgeoarrow")

Format

Appelhans, T., & RConsortium. (2026). deckglgeoarrow: Use 'GeoArrow' to Add 'Deck.gl' Layers to a 'maplibregl'/'mapboxgl' Map (Version 0.0.2) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.deckglgeoarrow

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for deckglgeoarrow version 0.0.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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