plot_compare: Compare plots

In GHRexplore: Exploratory Analysis of Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Health Data

Compare plots

Description

Combines multiple plots of several variables in a single graph.

Usage

plot_compare(plot_function, data, var, type, ...)

Arguments

plot_function	Indicates which of the plot types to use. Options are: 'plot_timeseries', 'plot_heatmap', 'plot_seasonality', 'plot_map'.
data	Data frame containing equally spaced (daily, weekly, monthly) covariate or disease case observations for one or multiple locations.
var	Character vector with the name of the variables to be plotted.
type	Character vector with the same length of var that specifies the types of variable for each element in var. Possible values include 'cov' (covariate, default), 'counts' (case counts), and 'inc' (case incidence). If type='inc', pop is required.
...	Additional arguments for plot_multiple, plot_combine, and the selected plot_function.

Details

This function takes any input arguments from plot_combine() and plot_multiple() to customize the plots and their organization in a grid.

Value

A single (cow)plot containing plots of several variables.

See Also

plot_multiple, plot_combine

Examples

# Load data
library("sf")
data("dengue_MS")
data("map_MS")

plot_compare(
  plot_function = plot_timeseries,
  data = dengue_MS,
  var = c("dengue_cases",  "pdsi"),
  type = c("inc", "cov"),
  pop = "population",
  time = "date",
  area = "micro_code",
  var_label = c("Dengue inc", "PDSI"), 
  combine_legend = TRUE, 
  ncol_legend = 1,
  ncol = 1, 
  align = "h")

# Comparing seasonality plots
plot_compare(
  plot_function = plot_seasonality,
  data = dengue_MS,
  var = c("dengue_cases", "dengue_cases", "pdsi"),
  type = c("counts", "inc", "cov"),
  pop = "population",
  time = "date",
  area = "micro_code",
  aggregate_space = "region_code",
  pt = 100,
  var_label = c("Dengue Cases", "Dengue inc", "Min Temp"), 
  ncol_legend = 1,
  combine_legend = TRUE)

# Comparing heatmaps plots
plot_compare(
  plot_function = plot_heatmap,
  data = dengue_MS,
  var = c("dengue_cases", "pdsi"),
  type = c("inc", "cov"),   
  pop = "population",
  time = "date",
  area = "micro_code",
  var_label = c("Dengue Cases", "Min Temp"), 
  palette = c("Reds", "Blues"),
  ncol_legend = 1,
  combine_xaxis = TRUE)

# Comparing map plots
plot_compare(
  plot_function = plot_map,
  data = dengue_MS,
  var = c("dengue_cases", "tmax"),
  type = c("inc", "cov"),  
  pop = "population",
  time = "date",
  area = "micro_code",
  var_label= c("Dengue Incidence", "Max Temperature"), 
  palette = c("Reds", "Blues"),
  map = map_MS,        
  map_area = "code", 
  aggregate_time = "all",
  ncol_legend = 1,
  combine_xaxis =TRUE)

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