map.inset.f: An inset map for the main map function

In duplisea/ddhelper: Helper functions used by Daniel Duplisea

Description

A simple stripped down map without annotation that can be used as an inset to the larger scale map

Usage

map.inset.f(longs = c(-71, -50), lats = c(43, 52.25),
  land.colour = "sienna3", sea.colour = "lightblue")

Arguments

longs	longitude decimal degrees (- for western hemisphere)
lats	latitude decimal degrees (- for southern hemisphere)
land.col	colour of the land
sea.col	colour of the oceans and water bodies

Examples

   #old.par= par()
   map.f(longs=c(-74,-50),lats=c(43,52.25),isob=c(200,400))
 	par(fig = c(.1,0.4,.6,.9), new = T) #position of the inset box on the current map
 	map.inset.f(longs=c(-130,-40),lats=c(10,65)) #coordinates of land area covered by inset
 	rect(-70,43,-50,52.25,border="blue",lwd=1) #smaller area highlighted in the inset
 	box(lwd=2,col="black")
 	par(old.par)

duplisea/ddhelper documentation built on Nov. 4, 2019, 11:04 a.m.