mapDevice

From rworldmap v1.3-6 by Andy South

Creates a plot device set up for maps

Creates a plot device suited for rworldmap plotting functions.

Keywords: device

Usage

mapDevice(device = "dev.new", rows = 1, columns = 1, plotOrder = "rows", width = NULL, height = NULL, titleSpace = NULL, mai = c(0, 0, 0.2, 0), mgp = c(0, 0, 0), xaxs = "i", yaxs = "i", ...)

Arguments

device: Character string which controls the type of plot default. The default uses your standard plot device. Giving the name of a plotting device function will use that instead. e.g. "pdf", "png", etc.
rows: The number of rows. Default 1
columns: The number of columns. Default 1
plotOrder: Option of 'rows' or 'columns'. For multiple plots whether to plot in row or column order. However, note that addMapLegend can have the effect of reverting order to rows.
width: The width of a single plot. This includes the margins. If you do not specify both width and height, suitable values will be calculated
height: The height of a single plot. This includes the margins. If you do not specify both width and height, suitable values will be calculated
titleSpace: The height in inches of the gap at the plot.
mai: The margin sizes in inches. If titleSpace is given this overrides mai[3].
mgp: As per par(mgp) in the graphics package
xaxs: As per par(xaxs) in the graphics package
yaxs: As per par(yaxs) in the graphics package
...: Further arguments to the device function

Value

Used for the side effect of creating a plot device, and setting graphical parameters for the device.

Examples


## Not run: 
# #Basic Usage
# mapDevice()
# mapCountryData()
# 
# #2 by 2 plot
# mapDevice(rows=2,columns=2)
# columns<-c("BIODIVERSITY","EPI","ENVHEALTH","Population2005")
# for(i in columns){
#  mapCountryData(nameColumnToPlot=i)
# }
# #Creating a pdf that is 5 inches wide
# mapDevice(device="pdf",width=5,file=tempfile())
# mapCountryData()
# dev.off()
# 
# ## End(Not run)

Documentation reproduced from package rworldmap, version 1.3-6, License: GPL (>= 2)

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