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plot.circular | R Documentation |
Creates a plot of circular data points on the current graphics device. Data points are either plotted as points on the unit circle, or the range of the circle is divided into a specified number of bins, and points are stacked in the bins corresponding to the number of observations in each bin.
## S3 method for class 'circular'
plot(x, pch = 16, cex = 1, stack = FALSE,
axes = TRUE, start.sep=0, sep = 0.025, shrink = 1,
bins = NULL, ticks = FALSE, tcl = 0.025, tcl.text = 0.125,
col = NULL, tol = 0.04, uin = NULL,
xlim = c(-1, 1), ylim = c(-1, 1), digits = 2, units = NULL,
template = NULL, zero = NULL, rotation = NULL,
main = NULL, sub=NULL, xlab = "", ylab = "",
control.circle=circle.control(), ...)
x |
a vector, matrix or data.frame. The object is coerced to class |
pch |
point character to use. See help on |
cex |
point character size. See help on |
stack |
logical; if |
axes |
logical; if |
start.sep |
constant used to specify the distance between the center of the point and the axis. |
sep |
constant used to specify the distance between stacked points,
if |
shrink |
parameter that controls the size of the plotted circle. Default is 1. Larger values shrink the circle, while smaller values enlarge the circle. |
bins |
if |
ticks |
logical; if |
tcl |
length of the ticks. |
tcl.text |
The position of the axis labels. |
col |
color of the points. The values are recycled if needed. |
tol |
proportion of white space at the margins of plot. |
uin |
desired values for the units per inch parameter. If of length 1, the desired units per inch on the x axis. |
xlim , ylim |
the ranges to be encompassed by the x and y axes. Useful for centering the plot. |
digits |
number of digits used to print axis values. |
main , sub , xlab , ylab |
title, subtitle, x label and y label of the plot. |
units |
the units used in the plot. |
template |
the template used in the plot. |
zero |
the zero used in the plot. |
rotation |
the rotation used in the plot. |
control.circle |
parameters passed to |
... |
further parameters passed to |
When there are many closely distributed observations, stacking is
recommended. When stacking the points, if there are many points in a particular bin, it may be necessary to shrink the plot of the circle so that all points fit. This is controlled with the parameter shrink
. Generally the parameter sep
does not need adjustment, however, when shrinking the plot, or for a very large number of observations, it may be helpful. Since version 0.3-9 the intervals are on the form [a,b).
A list with information on the plot: zero, rotation and next.points.
some codes from eqscplot
in MASS is used.
Claudio Agostinelli and Ulric Lund
axis.circular
, ticks.circular
, points.circular
, lines.circular
, rose.diag
, windrose
and curve.circular
.
# Generate 100 observations from a von Mises distribution.
# with mean direction 0 and concentration 3.
data.vm <- rvonmises(n=100, mu=circular(0), kappa=3)
# Plot data set. All points do not fit on plot.
plot(data.vm, stack=TRUE, bins=150)
# Shrink the plot so that all points fit.
plot(data.vm, stack=TRUE, bins=150, shrink=1.5)
# Recentering the figure in a different place
plot(data.vm, stack=TRUE, bins=150, xlim=c(-1,1.2), ylim=c(-1,0))
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