Introduction to Data Manipulation

Vesta offers several data manipulation capabilities, including creating centroids from polygons, generating X/Y coordinates from geometries, changing geographic scale by aggregating or disaggregating data between different geographies, applying log transformations to variables, renaming datasets or variables, and creating grids for interpolation or aggregation. These operations help you prepare and transform your spatial data for visualization and analysis.

Continue to the next pages to learn more about each data manipulation options.