Methods for processing spatial data for decision-making. 
  This package is an R implementation of methods provided by the open source software GeoFIS <https://www.geofis.org> (Leroux et al. 2018) <doi:10.3390/agriculture8060073>. 
  The main functionalities are the management zone delineation (Pedroso et al. 2010) <doi:10.1016/j.compag.2009.10.007> and data aggregation (Mora-Herrera et al. 2020) <doi:10.1016/j.compag.2020.105624>.

A model building procedure to build parsimonious geoadditive model from a large number of covariates. Continuous, binary and ordered categorical responses are supported. The model building is based on component wise gradient boosting with linear effects, smoothing splines and a smooth spatial surface to model spatial autocorrelation. The resulting covariate set after gradient boosting is further reduced through backward elimination and aggregation of factor levels. The package provides a model based bootstrap method to simulate prediction intervals for point predictions. A test data set of a soil mapping case study in Berne (Switzerland) is provided. Nussbaum, M., Walthert, L., Fraefel, M., Greiner, L., and Papritz, A. (2017) <doi:10.5194/soil-3-191-2017>.

The American Community Survey (ACS)
    <https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs> offers geodatabases with
    geographic information and associated data of interest to researchers
    in the area. The goal of this package is to generate objects that
    allow us to access and consult the information available in various
    formats, such as in 'GeoPackage' format or in multidimensional 'ROLAP'
    (Relational On-Line Analytical Processing) star format.

Turn irregular polygons (such as geographical regions) into regular or hexagonal grids.
    This package enables the generation of regular (square) and hexagonal grids through the package 
    'sp' and then assigns the content of the existing polygons to the new grid using 
    the Hungarian algorithm, Kuhn (1955) (<doi:10.1007/978-3-540-68279-0_2>). 
    This prevents the need for manual generation of hexagonal grids or regular grids 
    that are supposed to reflect existing geography.