makeMap: Creates a Map

In kevjohnson/mymaps: My Maps Package

Description

This function takes in a dataframe, shapefile path, and variable and outputs a .png file

Usage

makeMap(data, map, palette = "Greens", title = "", fill_label = "",
  output = "out.png", width = 7, height = 7, per = FALSE,
  reverse_colors = FALSE, reverse_legend = TRUE,
  projection = c("mercator", "albers"), proj_args = NULL, border = NULL,
  border_color = "black", size = 0.25)

Arguments

data	Dataframe with the data you want to plot. Must have two columns with the first column called "id" matching up with the "id" column in the map dataframe.
map	Dataframe with shapefile data (after using fortify()).
palette	Color Brewer palette to use (http://colorbrewer2.org/).
title	String with title of the map, defaults to blank.
fill_label	String with a label for a legend, defaults to blank.
output	String with output filename, defaults to "out.png".
width	Defaults to 7.
height	Defaults to 7.
per	TRUE if labels are a percentage (0.2 -> 20%), defaults to FALSE.
reverse_colors	TRUE if you want to reverse the colors on the legend, defaults to FALSE.
reverse_legend	TRUE if you want to reverse the legend, defaults to TRUE.
projection	Method of projection, takes in Mercator or Albers.
proj_args	Any arguments necessary for the projection method (Albers requires lat0 and lat1 arguments).
border	Optional parameter if you want different borders (i.e. census tract data with county borders).
border_color	Color of the borders, defaults to black.
size	Size of the borders, defaults to 0.25.

Examples

makemap(data=d, map = map)

kevjohnson/mymaps documentation built on May 20, 2019, 9:20 a.m.