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shapviz vs spatstat.geom
A side-by-side editorial comparison of shapviz and spatstat.geom — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
shapviz vs spatstat.geom: at a glance
What is shapviz?
shapviz refines its SHAP plots release by release while chasing ggplot2's moving target.
shapviz turns SHAP values from XGBoost, LightGBM, H2O, kernelshap and other sources into standard diagnostic plots — importance, dependence, waterfall, force and interaction. Recent work is plot ergonomics: shared y-axis control across dependence plots, a bar view for interaction values, and axis collection via patchwork. The two most recent releases are pure compatibility and bug fixes.
What is spatstat.geom?
The geometry layer under spatstat, steadily absorbing 3D patterns and missing-data semantics
spatstat.geom holds the spatial data structures and geometric operations the rest of the spatstat family builds on — windows, tessellations, images, point patterns and the operations that move between them. Recent releases split their attention between extending those structures to three dimensions and hardening the discretisation code where polygonal geometry meets a pixel grid. 3.8-2 adds more capabilities for three-dimensional point patterns.
shapviz vs spatstat.geom: editorial side-by-side
shapviz
0.0ANALYTICS
shapviz refines its SHAP plots release by release while chasing ggplot2's moving target.
◆ Current state
shapviz turns SHAP values from XGBoost, LightGBM, H2O, kernelshap and other sources into standard diagnostic plots — importance, dependence, waterfall, force and interaction. Recent work is plot ergonomics: shared y-axis control across dependence plots, a bar view for interaction values, and axis collection via patchwork. The two most recent releases are pure compatibility and bug fixes.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads run in parallel here. One is visual refinement converging on conventions from Python's shap — the 0.10.0 notes openly float switching share_y to TRUE to match it. The other is connector maintenance, keeping pace with H2O, XGBoost 1.x and 2.x, shapr and permshap as each changes. Neither thread adds new explanation methods; shapviz's job is presentation, and it is being polished rather than extended.
◆ Prediction
Expect share_y = TRUE to become the default and further ggplot2 4.x fallout, with connector updates arriving as the upstream SHAP packages release.
spatstat.geom
2.5ANALYTICS
The geometry layer under spatstat, steadily absorbing 3D patterns and missing-data semantics
◆ Current state
spatstat.geom holds the spatial data structures and geometric operations the rest of the spatstat family builds on — windows, tessellations, images, point patterns and the operations that move between them. Recent releases split their attention between extending those structures to three dimensions and hardening the discretisation code where polygonal geometry meets a pixel grid. 3.8-2 adds more capabilities for three-dimensional point patterns.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads run through this window. The first is a family-wide push into 3D that originated in the simulation package and has now reached the geometry layer. The second is a slower semantic change: 3.5-0 introduced missing or unavailable (NA) spatial objects, and 3.6-0 followed with more facilities for handling them, meaning an absent window or image became a representable value rather than an error. Around both, the plotting and discretisation code accretes steadily — nonlinear colour maps, plot backgrounds, transparency control, signed distance transforms, and repeated attention to boundary pixels.
◆ Prediction
Expect the 3D surface here to keep filling in behind the simulation package rather than leading it, given that 3.8-2 follows the 3D simulation release by two months. The entries give no indication that the NA work is finished, since it has already spanned two releases.
Alternatives to shapviz and spatstat.geom
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 shapviz or spatstat.geom.
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Recent activity from shapviz and spatstat.geom
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 20d agospatstat.geomMore three-dimensional point pattern capabilities
- 2mo agospatstat.geomBetter boundary pixel handling when discretising windows
- 6mo agospatstat.geomAnalytic level sets and signed distance transforms
- 10mo agoshapvizggplot 4.0 compatibility fix
- 10mo agospatstat.geomNA object handling extended; clickpoly gains grid snapping
- 1y agospatstat.geomNA spatial objects, hole removal and connected components
- 1y agoshapvizFixes duplicated bars in sv_interaction()
- 1y agoshapvizggplot2 and patchwork dependency bumps
- 1y agoshapvizShared y-axis control and bar-style interaction plots
- 1y agospatstat.geomNonlinear colour and symbol maps; half-open quadrat tiles
- 1y agoshapvizH2O random forests gain TreeSHAP support
- 1y agoshapvizFixes a broken vignette link
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between shapviz and spatstat.geom?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. spatstat.geom is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is shapviz better than spatstat.geom?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. spatstat.geom is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to shapviz?
Top shapviz alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "shapviz alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/shapviz for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to spatstat.geom?
Top spatstat.geom alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "spatstat.geom alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/spatstat-geom for the full list with editorial commentary on each.