plotSat: Plot observations on satellite image

In moveHMM: Animal Movement Modelling using Hidden Markov Models

Plot observations on satellite image

Description

Plot tracking data on a satellite map. This function only works with longitude and latitude values (not with UTM coordinates), and uses the package ggmap to fetch a satellite image from Google. An Internet connection is required to use this function.

Usage

plotSat(
  data,
  zoom = NULL,
  location = NULL,
  segments = TRUE,
  compact = TRUE,
  col = NULL,
  alpha = 1,
  size = 1,
  states = NULL,
  animals = NULL,
  ask = TRUE,
  return = FALSE
)

Arguments

data	Data frame of the data, with necessary fields 'x' (longitude values) and 'y' (latitude values).
zoom	The zoom level, as defined for get_map. Integer value between 3 (continent) and 21 (building).
location	Location of the center of the map to be plotted.
segments	TRUE if segments should be plotted between the observations (default), FALSE otherwise.
compact	FALSE if tracks should be plotted separately, TRUE otherwise (default).
col	Palette of colours to use for the dots and segments. If not specified, uses default palette.
alpha	Transparency argument for geom_point.
size	Size argument for geom_point.
states	A sequence of integers, corresponding to the decoded states for these data (such that the observations are colored by states).
animals	Vector of indices or IDs of animals/tracks to be plotted. Default: NULL; all animals are plotted.
ask	If TRUE, the execution pauses between each plot.
return	If TRUE, the function returns a ggplot object (which can be edited and plotted manually). If FALSE, the function automatically plots the map (default).

Details

If the plot displays the message "Sorry, we have no imagery here", try a lower level of zoom.

References

D. Kahle and H. Wickham. ggmap: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2. The R Journal, 5(1), 144-161. URL: http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2013-1/kahle-wickham.pdf

moveHMM documentation built on May 31, 2023, 6:13 p.m.