For mapping global data : rworldmap


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Documentation for package ‘rworldmap’ version 0.107

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rworldmap-package For mapping global data.
addMapLegend Add a legend to a map
addMapLegendBoxes Add a legend of coloured boxes to a map
aggregateHalfDegreeGridToCountries Aggregates global half degree gridded data to countries
country2Region Produce regional data from country level data
countryExData Example dataset for country level data (2008 Environmental Performance Index)
countryRegions Regional Classification Table
getMap A simple way to access maps stored in the package.
gridCountriesNumeric A gloabl half degree grid specifying the country at each cell
gridExData Example half degree grid data : population estimates for 2000 from IIASA
identifyCountries a function that will print country name and attribute values when a user clicks on the map
joinCountryData2Map Joins user country referenced data to a map
mapBubbles function to produce bubble plots on a map, size and colour determined by attribute data
mapByRegion Produce maps of regional level data from country level data
mapCountryData Map country-level data.
mapDevice Creates a plot device set up for maps
mapGriddedData Produce maps of global gridded data at half degree resolution
mapHalfDegreeGridToCountries Maps user half degree gridded data at country level by first aggregating.
rwmGetClassBreaks Internal function to set the numeric values for the breaks between data categories
rwmGetColours Internal function to choose map colours for classified data
rwmNewMapPlot Internal function to set up an existing device for plotting maps
rworldmap For mapping global data.
rworldmapExamples Example code for plot creation
setMapExtents Internal function allowing map extents to be set from area names
wrld_coarse a very coarse world map, only suitable for small global maps
wrld_simpl World map simple
wrld_simpl_lessIslands World map simple with small islands removed to make smaller
wrld_simpl_Mollweide World map simple, projected using Mollweide equal area