README.md

In albuja/mapsEcuador: Ecuador choroplet maps in PDF format

mapsEcuador

mapsEcuador R package provide simple functions to create printer ready PDF Ecuador maps with your own data over a full customizable template.

No GIS knowledge is required. You need just provide data and geographic data will be internally added.

Internal base maps shape files were downloaded from: https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec//documentos/web-inec/Cartografia/Clasificador_Geografico/2012/SHP.zip

Installation

You can install mapsEcuador R package from github with:

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("albuja/mapsEcuador")

Tips for newbies R Windows users:

1) Download R from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/ and install it 2) Download RStudio from https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/ and install it 3) Download Rtools from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ and install it 4) Install devtools package using install.packages("devtools") 5) Install mapsEcuador package using devtools::install_github("albuja/mapsEcuador") 6) Enjoy it!

Example

This is simplest code needed to get a printer ready PDF Ecuador choropleth map with your own data, using all function default values.

library(mapsEcuador)

# Ecuador choropleth map with dummy data

values <- round(runif(24, 10, 1000), 3)
names(values) <- 1:24
choropleth_map_prov_pdf(values)

albuja/mapsEcuador documentation built on Oct. 25, 2023, 11:11 p.m.