makeScale: Make a scale in GMT

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

Makes scale based on ticks.dat and labels.dat

Usage

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makeScale(width, outFile, scaleLabel = "Days Turtles Recorded in Hex",
  margin = 1, scaleHeight = 0.8, xpos = margin/2, ypos = -scaleHeight *
  1.5, gmtDir = "")

Arguments

width

width of plot area

outFile

plot file

scaleLabel

title of scale

margin

space for margin on either side of scale

scaleHeight

height of scale

xpos

Shift plot origin right xpos inches (balance with margin and scaleHeight)

ypos

Shift plot origin up ypos inches (balance with margin and scaleHeight)

gmtDir

System directory for calling GMT functions (e.g. if pscoast is in /home/bin/ and /home/bin/ isn't in path then gmtDir="/home/bin/")

Value

Invisible NULL


sherrillmix/GMTHexMapR documentation built on May 29, 2019, 9:23 p.m.