mappal: color palettes for mapping

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color palettes for mapping

Description

Get a color palette for mapping. These palettes were copied from GRASS.

Usage

map.pal(name, n=50, ...)

Arguments

name	character (name of a palette, see Details), or missing (to get the available names)
n	numeric. The number of colors
...	additional arguments that are passed to colorRamp

Details

Name	Description
aspect	aspect oriented grey colors
bcyr	blue through cyan through yellow to red
bgyr	blue through green through yellow to red
blues	white to blue
byg	blue through yellow to green
byr	blue through yellow to red
curvature	for terrain curvatures
differences	differences oriented colors
elevation	maps relative ranges of raster values to elevation color ramp
grass	GRASS GIS green (perceptually uniform)
greens	white to green
grey	grey scale
gyr	green through yellow to red
haxby	relative colors for bathymetry or topography
inferno	perceptually uniform sequential colors inferno
magma	perceptually uniform sequential colors
oranges	white to orange
plasma	perceptually uniform sequential colors
rainbow	rainbow colors
ramp	color ramp
random	random colors
reds	white to red
roygbiv
rstcurv	terrain curvature
ryb	red through yellow to blue
ryg	red through yellow to green
sepia	yellowish-brown through to white
viridis	perceptually uniform sequential colors
water	water depth
wave	color wave

Value

none

See Also

terrain.colors

Examples

map.pal("elevation", 10)

r <- rast(system.file("ex/elev.tif", package="terra"))
plot(r, col=map.pal("elevation"))

map.pal()

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