inSileco Academy

R as a Practical GIS

A practical coaching offer for environmental professionals who already use R and need clearer, reusable spatial workflows for analysis, mapping, and reporting.

R as a Practical GIS

This is a cohort-based coached experience with two half-day sessions and three months of follow-through to help you build practical spatial capability in R on a real project.

What you'll get

01

Practical spatial workflows in R

Practical spatial workflows in R

Build reusable workflows that handle real spatial work in R instead of relying on fragmented steps involving multiple tools.

02

Project-based coaching

Project-based coaching

Apply the workshop to a real project or workflow context so the work is immediately more relevant and more usable.

03

Structured follow-through

Structured follow-through

The support continues after the live sessions so you can implement, troubleshoot, and turn workshop learning into lasting changes in how you work.

What people are saying

"I will now be able to perform certain tasks that I used to carry out in ArcGIS directly in R, allowing me to avoid going back and forth between the two applications. The training also helped me improve the way I work. The inSileco instructors are very generous in sharing their knowledge. This quality, combined with their humility, reflects their genuine desire to help participants get the most out of R. "

Anonymous, Environmental Specialist, public sector

"The training on spatial analysis with R offered by inSileco was highly appreciated for the hands-on exercises with in-person support, the ability to explore both package workflows (terra vs sf+stars), the customization of exercises and code using our own data, and the post-training follow-up. My colleagues have already started generating shareable interactive maps. Despite the dense content, the trainers were qualified and professional, and the personalized follow-up clearly sets this offering apart. "

Camille, Environmental Specialist, public sector

"The training on spatial analysis with R offered by inSileco was highly appreciated for its integrated workflows (raster + vector), as well as for raster and vector data manipulation. The inSileco team is extremely competent, efficient, and teaches very well. I highly recommend their training on spatial statistics. "

Raphaƫl Lavoie, Research Scientist

What actually happens over 3 months?

This is not a simple workshop. This is a cohort-based coached experience designed to build practical spatial capacity through preparation, live workshop delivery, and a structured 3-month coaching follow-through.

Before

Before the workshop, you complete a setup and workflow assessment, define your project, and prepare your environment with support.

During

During the two half-day live sessions, you work through the core practical GIS workflow in R through project-specific exercises, including vector and raster operations for real mapping, analysis, and reporting work.

After

Afterward, you continue implementing the workflow through biweekly cohort check-ins, individual support, and async review.

How much is it?

$3,500 per participant

This allows us to:

  • keep the cohorts small
  • ensure high-quality interaction
  • provide follow-through strong enough to support real implementation

What that includes:

  • setup and workflow assessment
  • bring your own project scoping
  • one pre-workshop setup call
  • 2 half-day live sessions
  • 3 months of coached follow-through
  • 6 biweekly cohort check-ins

Bonus support and guarantee

More support than a simple workshop, including bonus support and a conditional guarantee.

Bonus support

  • 1 individual workflow meeting
  • 3 async reviews
  • starter scripts and workflow templates
  • reference guides and reuse support assets

Conditional guarantee

If a participant:

  • brings a real project or approved fallback case
  • completes intake and setup requirements
  • attends the live sessions
  • attends the required check-ins
  • completes the agreed work between sessions

then we will keep working with them for free until their workflow is working and reusable.

Is this right for me?

This is a strong fit for environmental professionals who already use R and want to improve their spatial workflow through coached application on real work.

Who this is for

  • environmental professionals already using R
  • analysts, researchers, and GIS-adjacent practitioners
  • people with a real spatial workflow or project to improve
  • buyers who want coached application, not low-touch training

Who this is not for

  • absolute beginners to R
  • buyers looking for software-specific ArcGIS or QGIS instruction
  • people without a real workflow or project context
  • buyers whose main need is deep specialist spatial modeling

Next step

Apply to see whether this is the right fit

Start with a short application or conversation. If the fit is strong, we will route you to the next cohort or the right team-delivery path.

Team option

Need this for your team?

Academy can also be delivered privately for teams that want the same coached structure with examples, pacing, and scope adapted to their own environment.

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