Maps with ggplot2
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The ggplot2 package offers powerful tools to plot data in R. The plots are designed to comply with the “grammar of graphics” philosophy and can be produced to a publishable level relatively easily. For users wishing to create a good map without too much thought I would recommend this worksheet. For those without their own shapefiles who rely on the “maps” package they may wish to consult Hadley Wickham‘s ggplot2 book.
Data Requirements:
London Sport Participation Shapefile. Download (requires unzipping)
poly_coords function. Download
Install the following packages (if you haven’t already done so):
maptools, RColorBrewer, ggplot2
Click here to view the tutorial code.
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