In the beginning…

… was a rally stage route map in the form of a KML file. This was all well and good, but what could you do with it, exactly?

This book is an exploration of just that: what you can do with a digital file containing the geographical co-ordinates of a rally stage route map and a handful of R packages to help us on our way.

So get strapped in, and we’ll be off… There’s a lot to take in, with the occasional don’t cut and caution along the way, but there are ruts we can follow and a flying finish to look forward to…