iplots (version 1.1-2)

imap: Interactive Map

Description

This function creates a new interactive map from the given data.

Usage

imap(x, y=NULL, ...)

Arguments

x

either an object of the class "map" as created by the map function or a vector of the x-coordinates of the map polygons

y

y-coordinates of the map polygons

...

All additional parameters are passed to iplot.opt.

Value

• Resulting plot object.

Details

Creates an interactive map plot.

The input can be either an object of the class "map" passed directly to the x parameter or two vectors of matching coordinates passed to x and y. The format for polygons in the same as used by the map function.

Each polygon should correspond to a case and it will be linked correspondingly. See ivar.new.map for details on map variables.

Note: this function is currently experimental and it may change in the future.

See Also

iplot, ivar.new.map

Examples

library(maps)
m <- map('state', plot=FALSE)
imap(m)