oce (version 0.9-8)

mapText: Plot text on a existing map

Description

Plot text on an existing map

Usage

mapText(longitude, latitude, labels, ...)

Arguments

longitude

longitudes of text to be plotted

latitude

latitudes of text to be plotted

labels

labels of text to be plotted

...

optional arguments passed to text, e.g. adj, pos, etc.

Details

Adds text to an existing map, by analogy to text.

See Also

See mapPlot for general information on plotting maps, including other functions.

Examples

library(oce)
data(coastlineWorld)
longitude <- coastlineWorld[['longitude']]
latitude <- coastlineWorld[['latitude']]
mapPlot(longitude, latitude, type='l',
        longitudelim=c(-70,-50), latitudelim=c(45,50),
        projection="mercator", grid=1)
lon <- -63.5744 # Halifax
lat <- 44.6479
mapPoints(lon, lat, pch=20, col="red")
mapText(lon, lat, "Halifax", col="red", pos=1, offset=1)