Hi Jim,
that is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot! I can even
choose how to label the countries e.g. Italy or just IT.
Have a nice day and thank you for helping me again
Claudia
Zitat von Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com>:
Hi Claudia,
You're right, when the map is maximized the coordinates of the objects
aren't maintained. I wrote a simple example using boxed.labels instead
of identifyCountries:
mapCountryData(mapRegion="europe", oceanCol="slateblue1",
missingCountryCol="darkgrey", colourPalette=c("palegreen","darkgreen"),
mapTitle="European Participation Index")
require(plotrix)
loc_box_lab<-function(x,...) {
for(boxlab in x) {
cat("Click in",boxlab,"\n")
boxed.labels(x=locator(1),labels=boxlab,...)
}
}
country_labels=c("UK","France","Spain","Germany","Italy","Holland",
"Denmark","Norway","Sweden","Greece")
loc_box_lab(country_labels)
and when the labels were initially placed, they looked fine. Upon
maximizing the graphics window, not only were the labels displaced,
but the color legend at the bottom was as well. It appears to be
connected with the aspect ratio of the image. However, if I draw the
initial map using:
require(maps)
map(xlim=c(-10,50),ylim=c(35,70))
and then add the labels in the same way, the spatial relationship of
labels and map stays the same when maximized .
Jim
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 2:24 AM, <palad...@trustindata.de> wrote:
Hi Jim,
thanks again for your help! Yes I am using the "rworldmap" package.
identifyCountries() works.
But I am not entirley happy with this solution. You have to click on all 27
countries and when your position is not perfect you get e.g. "Vatican" or
"Monaco" instead of "Italy" and you have to start all over again. Moreover
when I maximize the picture all country-labels vanish or shift to the wrong
place.
There ought to be a way to do it somehow more comfortable.
Have a nice sunda and best regards!
Claudia
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Zitat von Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com>:
Hi Claudia,
It seems that you are using the "rworldmap" package. The simplest
solution to your problem seems to be the "identifyCountries" function.
Just call:
identifyCountries()
instead of "labelCountries" and left click on the countries you want
labeled.
Jim
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 3:33 AM, <palad...@trustindata.de> wrote:
Hello,
I have problems to label countries in my map.
I use the following code to draw the map:
epimap=joinCountryData2Map(epidata,joinCode="NAME",nameCountryColumn="Country",nameJoinColumn="Country")
mapCountryData(epimap, nameColumnToPlot="EPI.2.0" ,mapRegion="europe",
oceanCol="slateblue1",
missingCountryCol="darkgrey", colourPalette=c("palegreen","darkgreen"),
mapTitle="European Participation Index")
That works without any problems.
When I use labelCountries() afterwards all countries are named,
including
Isle of Man, San Marino etc.
and the map becomes quite confusing.
Therefore I want to label only the 27 countries contained in my data.
In order to get their coordinates I use the following routine:
country_index= c()
j=1
for (i in 1:244){
if (!is.na(epimap[["Country"]][i])){
country_index[j]=i
j=j+1
}
}
LON=epimap[['LON']][namei]
LAT=epimap[['LAT']][namei]
epidata_spat=cbind(epidata, LON,LAT)
It is a bit pedestrian but I dont't know how to do it more elegantly.
Nevertheless it works.
Now I use
labelCountries(dF="epidata_spat",nameCountryColumn ="Country",
nameX="LON",
nameY="LAT")
But nothing happens. There is neither an error message nor
country-labels.
I haven't the faintest idea why it doesn't work or how to do it properly.
It would be really nice if somebody could help me.
Best regards and thanking you in anticipation!
Claudia
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