library(maps)
m = map('state', plot = FALSE)
f = 'usa.svg'
svgPlot(f, map('state'))
doc = xmlParse(f)
n = getNodeSet(doc, "/x:svg/x:g//x:path", "x")[[4]]
#See electionHistory to get state.props
cols = sapply(state.props, function(x) x["california", 2, drop = TRUE])
delay = "1s"
sapply(seq(along = cols),
function(i, parent) {
p = cols[i]
col = sprintf("rgb(%f%%,0%%,%f%%)", (1-p)*100, p*100)
newXMLNode("set",
attrs = c(attributeName = "fill", attributeType = "CSS",
to = col,
fill = "freeze",
begin = sprintf("%ds", i),
dur = delay),
parent = parent)
}, n)
# What's a swing state? One this is close to 50% or one with
# high variability and that has gone back and forth between the parties.
saveXML(doc, f)
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