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geomander vs stockplotr
A side-by-side editorial comparison of geomander and stockplotr — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
geomander vs stockplotr: at a glance
What is geomander?
A redistricting toolkit that grows mostly by wiring in new public data sources
geomander provides geographic tools for redistricting analysis in R — matching and aggregating across block, VTD and district geometries, spatial diagnostics, and download helpers for the datasets the field relies on. Recent work splits between data access, with fetchers added for Jeffrey B. Lewis's historical congressional districts and RPV Near Me, and performance, with 2.5.0 delivering large speed gains in geo_match().
What is stockplotr?
A stock-assessment plotting package is growing a table engine to match its figures.
stockplotr generates the figures and, since 0.8.0-beta, the tables that go into NOAA fisheries stock assessment reports. The 0.8.0 release swapped the table backend from flextable to gt and shipped table_landings() as the first table function; 0.9.0 exported it with an interface deliberately mirroring the plot functions. Alongside that, convert_output() moved in from the sister package asar so model output is standardized here rather than upstream.
geomander vs stockplotr: editorial side-by-side
geomander
0.0ANALYTICS
A redistricting toolkit that grows mostly by wiring in new public data sources
◆ Current state
geomander provides geographic tools for redistricting analysis in R — matching and aggregating across block, VTD and district geometries, spatial diagnostics, and download helpers for the datasets the field relies on. Recent work splits between data access, with fetchers added for Jeffrey B. Lewis's historical congressional districts and RPV Near Me, and performance, with 2.5.0 delivering large speed gains in geo_match().
◆ Where it's heading
The package is consolidating as infrastructure rather than expanding its analytical surface. Each release either adds a source of redistricting data that users would otherwise download by hand, or makes the core geographic matching operations faster and more correct — the normalized global Moran's I correction and the block-level geometry mismatch fix both fall in the second category. geo_match() being the target of the most recent release confirms where the hot path is.
◆ Prediction
With geo_match() now optimised, the remaining friction is in the download helpers, several of which have needed repair after upstream changes; expect the next release to consolidate or harden those fetchers rather than add analysis functions.
stockplotr
0.0ANALYTICS
A stock-assessment plotting package is growing a table engine to match its figures.
◆ Current state
stockplotr generates the figures and, since 0.8.0-beta, the tables that go into NOAA fisheries stock assessment reports. The 0.8.0 release swapped the table backend from flextable to gt and shipped table_landings() as the first table function; 0.9.0 exported it with an interface deliberately mirroring the plot functions. Alongside that, convert_output() moved in from the sister package asar so model output is standardized here rather than upstream.
◆ Where it's heading
The package is consolidating the whole report-artifact pipeline in one place: standardize model output, then emit both figures and tables from the same long-format frame. Pulling convert_output() out of asar because stockplotr depended on it more heavily is the clearest signal of where the center of gravity now sits. Everything is still tagged beta, and the plot function count is growing faster than the table one.
◆ Prediction
More table_* functions built on the gt foundation are the obvious next step, matching the existing plot_* set; the 0.9.0 notes describe table_landings() as the first of a revamped family rather than a one-off.
Alternatives to geomander and stockplotr
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either geomander or stockplotr.
cairo
Cairo finally catches R's graphics engine, all the way to GE API 16.
rjdqa
rjdqa keeps refining one screen: the seasonal adjustment quality dashboard
epikit
epikit narrows to field-epidemiology helpers, handing proportions to a sibling package
SimInf
SimInf 10.0 turns an epidemic simulator into a tool that fits models to real time series
mutagen
A young package porting Stata's egen row-wise helpers to the tidyverse, one function per release
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Recent activity from geomander and stockplotr
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5mo agostockplotrtable_landings() exported with a plot-like interface
- 6mo agostockplotrTable engine moved to gt; first table function ships ⚡
- 7mo agostockplotrconvert_output() migrated in from asar
- 8mo agogeomanderLarge speed gains in geo_match()
- 8mo agostockplotrFour new assessment figures; process_data() auto-indexing
- 2y agogeomanderFetchers for Lewis historical districts and RPV Near Me
- 3y agogeomanderMaximum inscribed circle centres and BAF-to-VTD approximation
- 5y agogeomanderRepository tag marking CRAN release 1.0.8
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between geomander and stockplotr?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. geomander and stockplotr are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is geomander better than stockplotr?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. geomander and stockplotr are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to geomander?
Top geomander alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "geomander alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/geomander-r for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to stockplotr?
Top stockplotr alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "stockplotr alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/stockplotr-r for the full list with editorial commentary on each.