On 05/06/2010 03:24 AM, Tali wrote:
Hello All.
I am using polar.plot from the {plotrix} library to visualize individual
coral colonies, dying, growing, etc through time. These coral colonies, that
I visit annually happen to be delineated by a circular plot underwater;
hence polar.plot is the best way to visualize my data. (I.e. This is not
cyclical data that I am plotting.) I am trying to label individual data
points (which correspond to actual coral colonies) with their identifying
tag numbers. I have searched and searched and found no polar.plot with text
labels on data points.
I tried to coerce the "text" function (code below). But no dice.
D = runif(29,0,7) #Distance from center of circular plot (in
meters)
H = runif(29,0,360) #Compass heading to center of circular plot (in
degrees)
polar.plot(D, H,rp.type = "dots", start = 90, point.col = "red")
TagID = 200:228 #Labels of individual coral colonies
text(D,H,TagID) #lame attempt at coercing the text function
Is it possible to add text labels to data points in polar.plot?
Hi Tali,
What a great idea!
radial.labels<-function(lengths,radial.pos,units="radians",start=0,clockwise=FALSE,
labels,adj=NULL,pos=NULL,...) {
if(units == "clock24") radial.pos<-pi*(450-radial.pos*15)/180
if(units == "polar") radial.pos<-pi*radial.pos/180
if(clockwise) radial.pos<--radial.pos
if(start) radial.pos<-radial.pos+start
# get the vector of x positions
xpos<-cos(radial.pos)*lengths
# get the vector of y positions
ypos<-sin(radial.pos)*lengths
text(xpos,ypos,labels,adj=adj,pos=pos,...)
}
You have now immortalized yourself in the plotrix NEWS file. The next
version will include this function. Briefly, pass the same "lengths",
pass your "polar.pos" as "radial.pos" and set units to "polar". The
other arguments are the same as in radial.plot and text.
Any assistance will help save an endangered species. (Really!)
I hope that the endangered species to be saved is humanity.
Jim
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