[R] Projecting data on a world map using long/lat

[Greg Snow]

The symbols function can add circles to an existing plot with the diameter based on another variable.  You may need to project points if you draw a map with a projection.

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111


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> project.org] On Behalf Of mathijsdevaan
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 7:21 PM
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> Subject: [R] Projecting data on a world map using long/lat
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a dataset (CSV) with some counts of firms located around the
> globe.
> Each count is assigned to the longitude and latitude of the specific
> location. Now I want to plot these counts on a world map using dots
> (size of
> dots represent the count). I have been unable to find any info on
> whether
> this is possible and if so, how? Can you please help me? Thanks!
> 
> Mathijs
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