[R] Non-standard axis plotting

[Giovanni Petris]

If you want to preserve the aspect ratio of x and y axis, use asp=1
within the plot function.

To reverse the direction of the x and y axes, if I understand
correctly what you are trying to do, I am not sure. There may be more
efficient ways. What I would do is something along the following
lines:

plot(-x,-y, xast='n', yaxt='n')

and set manually the axis labelling. 

HTH
Giovanni

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> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:06:46 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Laura Quinn <laura at env.leeds.ac.uk>
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> I am trying to plot positions on a grid where the x and y axis equate to
> longitudinal and latitudinal co-prdinates respectively. As these
> co-ordinates are southings and westings, i need the origin of my graph to
> contain the two highest values of each co0ordinate, with the values
> decreasing in both respects along both axes - I cannot seem to find any
> function within r to allow me to do this.
> 
> Also, how can i avoid r automatically rescaling my data - my data points
> are not evenly clustered and I want the scalings on the x and y axes to be
> the same, so that they represent a true picture of the spatial scattering.
> R rescales the data to fit the best "square" in each case -
> misrepresenting the scaling of my data. I have looked at all the options
> within par() and axis() and nothing here appears appropriate.
> 
> Thanks in advance..
> Laura
> 
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