Uses ggplot2 syntax and shape files to plot research data on oceanographic maps anywhere around the globe.
Maintainer: Mikko Vihtakari mikko.vihtakari@hi.no (ORCID) (Institute of Marine Research)
Other contributors:
Yves Reecht (ORCID) (Institute of Marine Research) [contributor]
Hadley Wickham [contributor]
Simon O'Hanlon [contributor]
Roger Bivand [contributor]
The general map-making function for ggOceanMaps is
basemap. This function creates a "canvas" on which research data
can be plotted. The basemap function is analogous
to ggplot function from the ggplot2 package.
Remember to use data = <<NAMEOFDATASET>> for additional geometries
you plot on basemaps (basemap(60) + geom_point(data =
data.frame(lon = 50, lat = 70), aes(x = lon, y = lat)) as an example). As
a shortcut, you may also use qmap(data.frame(lon = c(10, 50), lat = c(60, 70))).
Bathymetry is plotted using the bathymetry argument.
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