rwmNewMapPlot: Internal function to set up an existing device for plotting...

In rworldmap: Mapping global data, vector and raster.

Description

Sets the region, aspect and ocean colour for a new map plot

Usage

rwmNewMapPlot(mapToPlot, oceanCol, mapRegion, xlim, ylim, aspect)

Arguments

mapToPlot	the worldmap to be plotted
oceanCol	a colour for the ocean
mapRegion	a string specifying the map region, see setMapExtents()
xlim	map extents c(west,east), can be overidden by mapRegion
ylim	map extents c(south,north), can be overidden by mapRegion
aspect	aspect for the map, defaults to 1, if set to 'variable' uses same default as plot.Spatial in sp

Details

Called by mapCountryData() and mapGriddedData()

Value

a dataframe containing xlim and ylim

Author(s)

andy south

rworldmap documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:50 p.m.