tm_symbols: Map layer: symbols

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Map layer: symbols

Description

Map layer that draws symbols Supported visual variables are: fill (the fill color), col (the border color), size the symbol size, shape the symbol shape, lwd (line width), lty (line type), fill_alpha (fill color alpha transparency) and col_alpha (border color alpha transparency).

Usage

tm_symbols(
  size = tm_const(),
  size.scale = tm_scale(),
  size.legend = tm_legend(),
  size.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  size.free = NA,
  fill = tm_const(),
  fill.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  fill.free = NA,
  col = tm_const(),
  col.scale = tm_scale(),
  col.legend = tm_legend(),
  col.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  col.free = NA,
  shape = tm_const(),
  shape.scale = tm_scale(),
  shape.legend = tm_legend(),
  shape.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  shape.free = NA,
  lwd = tm_const(),
  lwd.scale = tm_scale(),
  lwd.legend = tm_legend(),
  lwd.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  lwd.free = NA,
  lty = tm_const(),
  lty.scale = tm_scale(),
  lty.legend = tm_legend(),
  lty.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  lty.free = NA,
  fill_alpha = tm_const(),
  fill_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill_alpha.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  fill_alpha.free = NA,
  col_alpha = tm_const(),
  col_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  col_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  col_alpha.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  col_alpha.free = NA,
  plot.order = tm_plot_order("size"),
  zindex = NA,
  group = NA,
  group.control = "check",
  popup.vars = NA,
  popup.format = list(),
  hover = NA,
  id = "",
  options = opt_tm_symbols(),
  ...
)

tm_dots(
  fill = tm_const(),
  fill.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill.free = NA,
  size = tm_const(),
  size.scale = tm_scale(),
  size.legend = tm_legend(),
  size.free = NA,
  lwd = tm_const(),
  lwd.scale = tm_scale(),
  lwd.legend = tm_legend(),
  lwd.free = NA,
  lty = tm_const(),
  lty.scale = tm_scale(),
  lty.legend = tm_legend(),
  lty.free = NA,
  fill_alpha = tm_const(),
  fill_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill_alpha.free = NA,
  plot.order = tm_plot_order("DATA"),
  zindex = NA,
  group = NA,
  group.control = "check",
  options = opt_tm_dots(),
  ...
)

tm_bubbles(
  size = tm_const(),
  size.scale = tm_scale(),
  size.legend = tm_legend(),
  size.free = NA,
  fill = tm_const(),
  fill.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill.free = NA,
  col = tm_const(),
  col.scale = tm_scale(),
  col.legend = tm_legend(),
  col.free = NA,
  lwd = tm_const(),
  lwd.scale = tm_scale(),
  lwd.legend = tm_legend(),
  lwd.free = NA,
  lty = tm_const(),
  lty.scale = tm_scale(),
  lty.legend = tm_legend(),
  lty.free = NA,
  fill_alpha = tm_const(),
  fill_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill_alpha.free = NA,
  col_alpha = tm_const(),
  col_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  col_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  col_alpha.free = NA,
  plot.order = tm_plot_order("size"),
  zindex = NA,
  group = NA,
  group.control = "check",
  options = opt_tm_bubbles(),
  ...
)

tm_squares(
  size = tm_const(),
  size.scale = tm_scale(),
  size.legend = tm_legend(),
  size.free = NA,
  fill = tm_const(),
  fill.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill.free = NA,
  col = tm_const(),
  col.scale = tm_scale(),
  col.legend = tm_legend(),
  col.free = NA,
  lwd = tm_const(),
  lwd.scale = tm_scale(),
  lwd.legend = tm_legend(),
  lwd.free = NA,
  lty = tm_const(),
  lty.scale = tm_scale(),
  lty.legend = tm_legend(),
  lty.free = NA,
  fill_alpha = tm_const(),
  fill_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  fill_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  fill_alpha.free = NA,
  col_alpha = tm_const(),
  col_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  col_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  col_alpha.free = NA,
  plot.order = tm_plot_order("size"),
  zindex = NA,
  group = NA,
  group.control = "check",
  options = opt_tm_squares(),
  ...
)

tm_markers(
  text = tm_const(),
  text.scale = tm_scale(),
  text.legend = tm_legend(),
  text.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  text.free = NA,
  size = tm_const(),
  size.scale = tm_scale(),
  size.legend = tm_legend(),
  size.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  size.free = NA,
  col = tm_const(),
  col.scale = tm_scale(),
  col.legend = tm_legend(),
  col.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  col.free = NA,
  col_alpha = tm_const(),
  col_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  col_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  col_alpha.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  col_alpha.free = NA,
  fontface = tm_const(),
  fontface.scale = tm_scale(),
  fontface.legend = tm_legend(),
  fontface.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  fontface.free = NA,
  fontfamily = "",
  bgcol = tm_const(),
  bgcol.scale = tm_scale(),
  bgcol.legend = tm_legend(),
  bgcol.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  bgcol.free = NA,
  bgcol_alpha = tm_const(),
  bgcol_alpha.scale = tm_scale(),
  bgcol_alpha.legend = tm_legend(),
  bgcol_alpha.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  bgcol_alpha.free = NA,
  xmod = 0,
  xmod.scale = tm_scale(),
  xmod.legend = tm_legend_hide(),
  xmod.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  xmod.free = NA,
  ymod = 0,
  ymod.scale = tm_scale(),
  ymod.legend = tm_legend_hide(),
  ymod.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  ymod.free = NA,
  angle = 0,
  angle.scale = tm_scale(),
  angle.legend = tm_legend_hide(),
  angle.chart = tm_chart_none(),
  angle.free = NA,
  plot.order = tm_plot_order("AREA", reverse = FALSE, na.order = "bottom"),
  zindex = NA,
  group = NA,
  group.control = "check",
  options = opt_tm_markers(),
  ...
)

opt_tm_markers(
  markers_on_top_of_text = FALSE,
  points_only = "ifany",
  point_per = "feature",
  on_surface = FALSE,
  shadow = FALSE,
  shadow.offset.x = 0.1,
  shadow.offset.y = 0.1,
  just = "center",
  along_lines = TRUE,
  bg.padding = 0.4,
  clustering = TRUE,
  point.label = TRUE,
  point.label.gap = 0.4,
  point.label.method = "SANN",
  remove_overlap = FALSE,
  dots.just = NA,
  dots.icon.scale = 3,
  dots.grob.dim = c(width = 48, height = 48, render.width = 256, render.height = 256)
)

opt_tm_symbols(
  points_only = "ifany",
  point_per = "feature",
  on_surface = FALSE,
  icon.scale = 3,
  just = NA,
  grob.dim = c(width = 48, height = 48, render.width = 256, render.height = 256)
)

opt_tm_dots(
  points_only = "ifany",
  point_per = "feature",
  on_surface = FALSE,
  icon.scale = 3,
  just = NA,
  grob.dim = c(width = 48, height = 48, render.width = 256, render.height = 256)
)

opt_tm_bubbles(
  points_only = "ifany",
  point_per = "feature",
  on_surface = FALSE,
  icon.scale = 3,
  just = NA,
  grob.dim = c(width = 48, height = 48, render.width = 256, render.height = 256)
)

opt_tm_squares(
  points_only = "ifany",
  point_per = "feature",
  on_surface = FALSE,
  icon.scale = 3,
  just = NA,
  grob.dim = c(width = 48, height = 48, render.width = 256, render.height = 256)
)

Arguments

size, size.scale, size.legend, size.chart, size.free	Visual variable that determines the size. See details.
fill, fill.scale, fill.legend, fill.chart, fill.free	Visual variable that determines the fill color. See details.
col, col.scale, col.legend, col.chart, col.free	Visual variable that determines the color. See details.
shape, shape.scale, shape.legend, shape.chart, shape.free	Visual variable that determines the shape. See details.
lwd, lwd.scale, lwd.legend, lwd.chart, lwd.free	Visual variable that determines the line width. See details.
lty, lty.scale, lty.legend, lty.chart, lty.free	Visual variable that determines the line type. See details.
fill_alpha, fill_alpha.scale, fill_alpha.legend, fill_alpha.chart, fill_alpha.free	Visual variable that determines the fill color transparency. See details. the fill color alpha transparency See details.
col_alpha, col_alpha.scale, col_alpha.legend, col_alpha.chart, col_alpha.free	Visual variable that determines the color transparency. See details.
plot.order	Specification in which order the spatial features are drawn. See tm_plot_order() for details.
zindex	Map layers are drawn on top of each other. The zindex numbers (one for each map layer) determines the stacking order. By default the map layers are drawn in the order they are called.
group	Name of the group to which this layer belongs. This is only relevant in view mode, where layer groups can be switched (see group.control)
group.control	In view mode, the group control determines how layer groups can be switched on and off. Options: "radio" for radio buttons (meaning only one group can be shown), "check" for check boxes (so multiple groups can be shown), and "none" for no control (the group cannot be (de)selected).
popup.vars	names of data variables that are shown in the popups in "view" mode. Set popup.vars to TRUE to show all variables in the shape object. Set popup.vars to FALSE to disable popups. Set popup.vars to a character vector of variable names to those those variables in the popups. The default (NA) depends on whether visual variables (e.g.fill) are used. If so, only those are shown. If not all variables in the shape object are shown.
popup.format	list of formatting options for the popup values. See the argument legend.format for options. Only applicable for numeric data variables. If one list of formatting options is provided, it is applied to all numeric variables of popup.vars. Also, a (named) list of lists can be provided. In that case, each list of formatting options is applied to the named variable.
hover	name of the data variable that specifies the hover labels (view mode only). Set to FALSE to disable hover labels. By default FALSE, unless id is specified. In that case, it is set to id,
id	name of the data variable that specifies the indices of the spatial features. Only used for "view" mode.
options	options passed on to the corresponding ⁠opt_<layer_function>⁠ function
...	to catch deprecated arguments from version < 4.0
text, text.scale, text.legend, text.chart, text.free	Visual variable that determines the text. See details.
fontface, fontface.scale, fontface.legend, fontface.chart, fontface.free	Visual variable that determines the font face. See details.
fontfamily	The font family. See gpar() for details.
bgcol, bgcol.scale, bgcol.legend, bgcol.chart, bgcol.free	Visual variable that determines the background color. See Details.
bgcol_alpha, bgcol_alpha.scale, bgcol_alpha.legend, bgcol_alpha.chart, bgcol_alpha.free	Visual variable that determines the background color transparency. See Details.
xmod, xmod.scale, xmod.legend, xmod.chart, xmod.free	Transformation variable that determines the x offset. See details.
ymod, ymod.scale, ymod.legend, ymod.chart, ymod.free	Transformation variable that determines the y offset. See details. the text. See details.
angle, angle.scale, angle.legend, angle.chart, angle.free	Rotation angle
markers_on_top_of_text	should markers be plot on top of the text (by default FALSE)
points_only	should only point geometries of the shape object (defined in tm_shape()) be plotted? By default "ifany", which means TRUE in case a geometry collection is specified.
point_per	specification of how spatial points are mapped when the geometry is a multi line or a multi polygon. One of "feature", "segment" or "largest". The first generates a spatial point for every feature, the second for every segment (i.e. subfeature), the third only for the largest segment (subfeature). Note that the last two options can be significant slower.
on_surface	In case of polygons, centroids are computed. Should the points be on the surface? If TRUE, which is slower than the default FALSE, centroids outside the surface are replaced with points computed with sf::st_point_on_surface().
shadow	Shadow behind the text. Logical or color.
shadow.offset.x, shadow.offset.y	Shadow offset in line heights
just	justification of the text relative to the point coordinates. Either one of the following values: "left" , "right", "center", "bottom", and "top", or a vector of two values where first value specifies horizontal and the second value vertical justification. Besides the mentioned values, also numeric values between 0 and 1 can be used. 0 means left justification for the first value and bottom justification for the second value. Note that in view mode, only one value is used.
along_lines	logical that determines whether labels are rotated along the spatial lines. Only applicable if a spatial lines shape is used.
bg.padding	The padding of the background in terms of line heights.
clustering	value that determines whether the text labels are clustered in "view" mode. One of: TRUE, FALSE, or the output of markerClusterOptions.
point.label	logical that determines whether the labels are placed automatically. By default FALSE for tm_text, and TRUE for tm_labels if the number of labels is less than 500 (otherwise it will be too slow).
point.label.gap	numeric that determines the gap between the point and label
point.label.method	the optimization method, either "SANN" for simulated annealing (the default) or "GA" for a genetic algorithm.
remove_overlap	logical that determines whether the overlapping labels are removed
dots.just	justification of the text relative to the point coordinates. Either one of the following values: "left" , "right", "center", "bottom", and "top", or a vector of two values where first value specifies horizontal and the second value vertical justification. Besides the mentioned values, also numeric values between 0 and 1 can be used. 0 means left justification for the first value and bottom justification for the second value. Note that in view mode, only one value is used.
dots.icon.scale	scaling number that determines how large the icons (or grobs) are in plot mode in comparison to proportional symbols (such as bubbles). In view mode, the size is determined by the icon specification (see tmap_icons) or, if grobs are specified by grob.width and grob.height
dots.grob.dim	vector of four values that determine how grob objects (see details) are shown in view mode. The first and second value are the width and height of the displayed icon. The third and fourth value are the width and height of the rendered png image that is used for the icon. Generally, the third and fourth value should be large enough to render a ggplot2 graphic successfully. Only needed for the view mode.
icon.scale	scaling number that determines how large the icons (or grobs) are in plot mode in comparison to proportional symbols (such as bubbles). For view mode, use the argument grob.dim
grob.dim	vector of four values that determine how grob objects (see details) are shown in view mode. The first and second value are the width and height of the displayed icon. The third and fourth value are the width and height of the rendered png image that is used for the icon. Generally, the third and fourth value should be large enough to render a ggplot2 graphic successfully. Only needed for the view mode.

Details

A symbol shape specification is one of the following three options.

1. A numeric value that specifies the plotting character of the symbol. See parameter pch of points and the last example to create a plot with all options. Note that this is not supported for the "view" mode.

2. A grob object, which can be a ggplot2 plot object created with ggplotGrob. To specify multiple shapes, a list of grob objects is required. See example of a proportional symbol map with ggplot2 plots.

3. An icon specification, which can be created with tmap_icons.

To specify multiple shapes (needed for the shapes argument), a vector or list of these shape specification is required. The shape specification options can also be mixed. For the shapes argument, it is possible to use a named vector or list, where the names correspond to the value of the variable specified by the shape argument. For small multiples, a list of these shape specification(s) should be provided.

See Also

Bubble map example and terrain map example

Examples

########################
## plot symbol shapes
########################

# create grid of 25 points in the Atlantic
atlantic_grid = cbind(expand.grid(x = -51:-47, y = 20:24), id = seq_len(25))
x = sf::st_as_sf(atlantic_grid, coords = c("x", "y"), crs = 4326)

tm_shape(x, bbox = tmaptools::bb(x, ext = 1.2)) +
	tm_symbols(shape = "id",
			   size = 2,
			   lwd = 2,
			   fill = "orange",
			   col = "black",
			   shape.scale = tm_scale_asis()) +
	tm_text("id", ymod = -2)

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