Annotation: a maps

Source: R/annotation-map.r

Display a fixed map on a plot.

annotation_map(map, ...)

Arguments

map

data frame representing a map. Most map objects can be converted into the right format by using fortify()
...

other arguments used to modify aesthetics

Examples

if (require("maps")) {
usamap <- map_data("state")

seal.sub <- subset(seals, long > -130 & lat < 45 & lat > 40)
ggplot(seal.sub, aes(x = long, y = lat)) +
  annotation_map(usamap, fill = NA, colour = "grey50") +
  geom_segment(aes(xend = long + delta_long, yend = lat + delta_lat))
}
#> Loading required package: maps

if (require("maps")) {
seal2 <- transform(seal.sub,
  latr = cut(lat, 2),
  longr = cut(long, 2))

ggplot(seal2,  aes(x = long, y = lat)) +
  annotation_map(usamap, fill = NA, colour = "grey50") +
  geom_segment(aes(xend = long + delta_long, yend = lat + delta_lat)) +
  facet_grid(latr ~ longr, scales = "free", space = "free")
}