makeTilegram2: Create a hexagonal map

In jcuriel-unc/hexcarto: Hexagonal and cartogram transformation of spatial objects.

Description

This function takes regular shapefiles with a population field and firt converts the maps to a hexagonal grid, with data preserved. Note that this function is heavily based off of the original, though is an improvement.

Usage

makeTilegram2(sp, cellsize = NULL)

Arguments

cellsize	The optional argument to change cellsize, Default is null, and probably best to leave empty
shp	The spatial object to be read in, providing the coordinates and the dbf

Value

The transformed spatial object and data frame, though polygons now in hexagon format.

Examples

mi_shp <- readOGR(eguia_path, "mi_county_shp")
test_hexagon <- hexcarto2b(mi_shp)

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