map_points: Automated mapping of point locations

In gregorypenn/PatricksPlants: Tools for Patrick Alexander's Plant Observation Data

Description

map_points creates a map of longitude-latitude loction data.

Usage

map_points(data, maptype = "toner-lite", alpha = 0.5)

Arguments

data	A dataframe with columns: longitude, latitude.
maptype	A Stamen maptype: terrain, terrain-background, terrain-labels, terrain-lines, toner, toner-2010, toner-2011, toner-background, toner-hybrid, toner-labels, toner-lines, toner-lite, or watercolor.
alpha	A transparency value between 0 and 1.

Details

Point location data are mapped over a Stamen basemap. Overplotting is addressed to some degree with transparence, by default alpha = 0.5.

Value

A plot of location data on a map.

Examples

map_points(patricks_plants)

boer4 <- filter(patricks_plants, plant_id == "BOER4") # Requires library(dplyr)
map_points(boer4)

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