recmap - Compute the Rectangular Statistical Cartogram

This package contains an implementation of the RecMap construction algorithm (MP2).

Installation

Install from CRAN

recmap requires R 3.3 or later.

Released and tested versions of recmap are available via the CRAN network, and can be installed using the R shell via

install.package('recmap')

Use the docker public | automated build recmap image

this image contains the latest build.

docker pull cpanse/recmap \
&& docker run -d -p 8791:8787 cpanse/recmap

connect to http://yourdockerhost:8791 using a web browser

• username: rstudio
• password: rstudio

Documentation

The package ships with a package vignette (browseVignettes('recmap') and a reference manual (just type ?recmap on the R shell).

Both documents are also available on the package's CRAN page.

Examples

The recmap gallery gives an impression what can be expected from the cartogram drawing algorithm.

Author

Christian Panse, 2016

License

GPL 3