tmap (version 0.6)

animation_tmap: Create animations

Description

This function creates a gif or mpeg animation from a tm plot. The free tool ImageMagick is required.

Usage

animation_tmap(expr, width = 1000, height = 1000, delay = 40,
  filename = "animation.gif")

Arguments

expr

R expression to create series of tm plots. In order to create a series of plots, which are combined to an animation, it is important to set nrow and ncol in tm_facets such that nrow * ncol < [number of sm

width

width of the animation file (in pixels)

height

height of the animation file (in pixels)

delay

delay time between images

filename

filename of the video (should be a .gif or .mpg file)

Examples

data(Europe)

animation_tmap({
	tm_shape(Europe) +
		tm_fill("yellow") +
		tm_borders() +
		tm_facets(by = "name", nrow=1,ncol=1) +
		tm_layout(scale=2)
}, width=1200, height=800, filename="my_animation.gif")