CATANberra: Creating a geographically accurate Catan Board of Australia
Authors: Ben Cochrane
Read the closeread article [rpubs - recommended for mobile]: RPubs - CATANberra: A geographically accurate Catan Board of Australia
Read the closeread article [quarto - desktop only]: CATANberra – CATANberra
Reproducible repo: GitHub - BJ-Cochrane/closeread-catanberra: Closeread demo of CATANberra
Abstract
This closeread explores the process of using R to create a geographically accurate Catan board of Australia. Using satellite land use data, I classified regions into resource categories (wool, grain, lumber, ore, brick, and desert) to represent the Catan resource tiles. With the help of the sf and raster packages, I processed spatial data to fit a hexagonal grid layout, ensuring each tile accurately reflected Australia's geography. Ports were based off the real-life locations of the highest traffic Australian ports by volume.
