[R] Pie Chart in map

Jim Lemon jim at bitwrit.com.au
Tue Aug 10 13:51:35 CEST 2010


On 08/10/2010 03:04 AM, LCOG1 wrote:
>
> Hey R'rs,
>      So im sick of dealing with ESRI products and am looking to stream line a
> process i now use GIS to do using R.  I have made a lot of maps using R but
> have not yet seen a map that puts pie charts within the map to help
> represent data like the attachment.
> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n2318816/template1.bmp
>
> I found Tanimura et al. work "Proportional Symbol Mapping in R", but after a
> discussion with one of the authors i have learned that the function is out
> of date and would require a great deal of reworking.  I also found hexbinpie
> on the R graphics gallery that i could incorporate.
>
> Before i go through the process of rewriting or out right creation of a
> process to replicate my GIS results i was hoping to make sure there wasnt
> something out there i could use to start or use altogether.  Or perhaps a
> set of functions that already exists that i havent thought to use.

Hi JR,
You can also check out the floating.pie function in the plotrix package.

Jim



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