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Pebesma

Pebesma is a surname of Dutch origin. It may refer to individuals notable in the field of geography and statistics, particularly Edzer J. Pebesma.

Edzer J. Pebesma is a Dutch statistician and geographer known for his contributions to spatial data analysis

In addition to software development, Pebesma’s research has encompassed spatial statistics, environmental data analysis, and the

and
for
developing
open-source
software
used
in
the
geographic
information
sciences.
He
is
best
known
as
a
co-developer
of
the
sp
package
for
the
R
programming
language,
which
provides
data
structures
and
methods
for
representing
and
analyzing
spatial
data.
Through
this
work,
Pebesma
has
helped
advance
reproducible
research
and
the
integration
of
statistical
methods
with
geographic
information
systems.
application
of
GIS
in
ecology
and
regional
planning.
He
has
held
academic
positions
in
the
Netherlands,
contributing
to
education
and
research
in
geographic
information
science
and
spatial
analysis.
The
Pebesma
name
is
associated
with
the
broader
community
of
researchers
who
promote
open-source
tools
and
methodologies
for
spatial
data
handling.