ggautomap (version 0.3.2)

position_circle_repel: Pack overlapping points into a circle

Description

This position looks for any points with identical x and y positions and packs them in a circle around the original point. The _sf version applies the position adjustment in projected coordinates.

Usage

position_circle_repel(scale = 1/4)
position_circle_repel_sf(scale = 10)

Value

A ggplot position object.

Arguments

scale

Scale of packing around the central point. This is in data units, so for the _sf variant it will depend on the units specified by the coordinate reference system.

Details

Note that extreme choices of scale may cause errors.

The scale parameter can instead be specified as an aesthetic for geoms that support it (geom_centroids()). This allows different locations to have different scales, which is especially useful when combined with map insets.

Examples

library(ggplot2)

points <- data.frame(
  x = c(rep(1, 10), 1:3),
  y = c(rep(2, 10), 3:5),
  s = 0.05
)
ggplot(points, aes(x, y)) +
  geom_point(size = 3, colour = "red") +
  geom_point(position = position_circle_repel(0.05), size = 3, alpha = 0.5)

cartographer::nc_type_example_2 |>
  dplyr::filter(!county %in% c("HENDERSON", "GASTON", "LINCOLN")) |>
  ggplot(aes(location = county)) +
  geom_boundaries(feature_type = "sf.nc") +
  geom_centroids(aes(colour = type), position = position_circle_repel_sf(scale = 4), size = 0.2) +
  coord_automap(feature_type = "sf.nc")