[R] Soil texture triangle in R?
Sander Oom
slist at oomvanlieshout.net
Fri May 27 18:33:29 CEST 2005
Right,
Got the data points plotted on top of the soil texture background,
thanks to Jim and ternaryplot{vcd}! See code below.
Now there is some fine tuning to do, as it should really look like this
graph:
http://soil.scijournals.org/content/vol65/issue4/images/large/1038f2.jpeg
Things to do:
- rotate axis labels;
- correct small errors in class divisions;
- correct the partial covering of the bottom tick labels;
- rotate ticks in order to simplify viewing the graph.
Any help still appreciated!
Cheers,
Sander.
soil.triangle <- function() {
oldpar <- par(no.readonly=TRUE)
## now the bottom internal ticks
x1<-seq(0.1,0.9,by=0.1)
x2<-x1
y1<-rep(0,9)
y2<-rep(-0.02,9)
segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
text(x1,y1-0.03,as.character(rev(seq(10,90,by=10)))) #, cex=0.8)
## now the left internal ticks
y1<-x1*sin60
x1<-x1*0.5
x2<-x1+0.02*sin60
y2<-y1-0.02*0.5
segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
text(x1-0.03,y1+0.015,as.character(seq(10,90,by=10)))
## now the right internal ticks
x1<-rev(x1+0.5-0.02*sin60)
x2<-x1+0.02*sin60
segments(x1,y2,x2,y1)
text(x2+0.03,y1+0.015,as.character(rev(seq(10,90,by=10))))
## the labels at the corners
par(xpd=TRUE)
# text(0.5,0.9,"100% clay")
# text(-0.1,0,"100% sand")
# text(1.1,0,"100% loam")
text(0.09,0.43,"% Clay")
text(0.90,0.43,"% Silt")
text(0.5,-0.1,"% Sand")
# boundary of clay with extensions
x1<-c(0.275,0.35,0.6)
x2<-c(0.4,0.79,0.7)
y1<-c(0.55*sin60,0.41*sin60,0.41*sin60)
y2<-c(0.285*sin60,0.41*sin60,0.6*sin60)
segments(x1,y1,x2,y2, col="grey")
text(0.5,0.57,"Clay", col="grey")
# lower bound of clay loam & silty divider
x1<-c(0.4,0.68)
x2<-c(0.86,0.6)
y1<-c(0.285*sin60,0.285*sin60)
y2<-c(0.285*sin60,0.41*sin60)
segments(x1,y1,x2,y2, col="grey")
text(0.7,0.49*sin60,"Silty", col="grey")
text(0.7,0.44*sin60,"clay", col="grey")
text(0.73,0.37*sin60,"Silty clay", col="grey")
text(0.73,0.33*sin60,"loam", col="grey")
text(0.5,0.35*sin60,"Clay loam", col="grey")
x1<-c(0.185,0.1,0.37)
x2<-c(0.36,0.37,0.4)
y1<-c(0.37*sin60,0.2*sin60,0.2*sin60)
y2<-c(0.37*sin60,0.2*sin60,0.285*sin60)
segments(x1,y1,x2,y2, col="grey")
text(0.27,0.43*sin60,"Sandy", col="grey")
text(0.27,0.39*sin60,"clay", col="grey")
text(0.27,0.3*sin60,"Sandy clay", col="grey")
text(0.27,0.26*sin60,"loam", col="grey")
# sand corner
x1<-c(0.05,0.075)
x2<-c(0.12,0.3)
y1<-c(0.1*sin60,0.15*sin60)
y2<-c(0,0)
segments(x1,y1,x2,y2, col="grey")
text(0.25,0.13*sin60,"Sandy loam", col="grey")
text(0.13,0.075*sin60,"Loamy", col="grey")
text(0.15,0.035*sin60,"sand", col="grey")
text(0.055,0.021,"Sand", col="grey")
x1<-c(0.37,0.42,0.5,0.8,0.86)
x2<-c(0.42,0.54,0.65,0.86,0.94)
y1<-c(0.2*sin60,0.08*sin60,0,0,0.12*sin60)
y2<-c(0.08*sin60,0.08*sin60,0.285*sin60,0.12*sin60,0.12*sin60)
segments(x1,y1,x2,y2, col="grey")
text(0.49,0.18*sin60,"Loam", col="grey")
text(0.72,0.15*sin60,"Silt loam", col="grey")
text(0.9,0.06*sin60,"Silt", col="grey")
par(oldpar)
}
tmp <- array(dim=c(10,3))
tmp[,1] <- abs(rnorm(10)*20)
tmp[,2] <- abs(rnorm(10)*10)
tmp[,3] <- 100-tmp[,1]-tmp[,2]
tmp
library(vcd)
## Mark groups
ternaryplot(tmp,
grid=FALSE,
dimnames.position = "none",
pch=1, col="black",
scale=1, main=NULL,
prop.size=FALSE,
)
soil.triangle()
Sander Oom wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> This looks impressive! It gives me the 'background' graph. However, I'm
> not sure how I can use this function to plot my soil texture values! Can
> you explain?
>
> I would like to be able to plot my soil texture samples in the same
> graph as the one your function plots.
>
> Maybe I should try to figure out how to replicate your code inside a
> ternaryplot{vcd} call.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sander.
>
> Jim Lemon wrote:
> > Sander Oom wrote:
> >> Dear R users,
> >>
> >> has anybody made an attempt to create the soil texture triangle graph
> >> in R? For an example see here:
> >>
> >> http://www.teachingkate.org/images/soiltria.gif
> >>
> >> I would like to get the lines in black and texture labels in gray to
> >> allow for plotting my texture results on top.
> >>
> >> Any examples or suggestions are very welcome!
> >>
> > It's not too hard to write a plot function to do this, but I'm not sure
> > whether this will be what you want. Anyway, try it out.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > soil.triangle<-function() {
> > oldpar<-par(no.readonly=TRUE)
> > plot(0:1,type="n",axes=FALSE,xlim=c(0,1.1),ylim=c(0,1),
> > main="Soil Triangle",xlab="",ylab="")
> > # first draw the triangle
> > x1<-c(0,0,0.5)
> > sin60<-sin(pi/3)
> > x2<-c(1,0.5,1)
> > y1<-c(0,0,sin60)
> > y2<-c(0,sin60,0)
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > # now the bottom internal ticks
> > x1<-seq(0.1,0.9,by=0.1)
> > x2<-x1
> > y1<-rep(0,9)
> > y2<-rep(0.02,9)
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > text(x1,y1-0.03,as.character(rev(seq(10,90,by=10))))
> > # now the left internal ticks
> > y1<-x1*sin60
> > x1<-x1*0.5
> > x2<-x1+0.02*sin60
> > y2<-y1-0.02*0.5
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > text(x1-0.03,y1+0.015,as.character(seq(10,90,by=10)))
> > x1<-rev(x1+0.5-0.02*sin60)
> > x2<-x1+0.02*sin60
> > segments(x1,y2,x2,y1)
> > text(x2+0.03,y1+0.015,as.character(rev(seq(10,90,by=10))))
> > text(0.5,0.9,"100% clay")
> > par(xpd=TRUE)
> > text(-0.1,0,"100% sand")
> > text(1.1,0,"100% loam")
> > text(0.07,0.43,"percent clay")
> > text(0.93,0.43,"percent silt")
> > text(0.5,-0.1,"percent sand")
> > # boundary of clay with extensions
> > x1<-c(0.275,0.35,0.6)
> > x2<-c(0.4,0.79,0.7)
> > y1<-c(0.55*sin60,0.41*sin60,0.41*sin60)
> > y2<-c(0.285*sin60,0.41*sin60,0.6*sin60)
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > text(0.5,0.57,"Clay")
> > # lower bound of clay loam & silty divider
> > x1<-c(0.4,0.68)
> > x2<-c(0.86,0.6)
> > y1<-c(0.285*sin60,0.285*sin60)
> > y2<-c(0.285*sin60,0.41*sin60)
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > text(0.7,0.49*sin60,"Silty")
> > text(0.7,0.44*sin60,"clay")
> > text(0.73,0.37*sin60,"Silty clay")
> > text(0.73,0.33*sin60,"loam")
> > text(0.5,0.35*sin60,"Clay loam")
> > x1<-c(0.185,0.1,0.37)
> > x2<-c(0.36,0.37,0.4)
> > y1<-c(0.37*sin60,0.2*sin60,0.2*sin60)
> > y2<-c(0.37*sin60,0.2*sin60,0.285*sin60)
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > text(0.27,0.43*sin60,"Sandy")
> > text(0.27,0.39*sin60,"clay")
> > text(0.27,0.3*sin60,"Sandy clay")
> > text(0.27,0.26*sin60,"loam")
> > # sand corner
> > x1<-c(0.05,0.075)
> > x2<-c(0.12,0.3)
> > y1<-c(0.1*sin60,0.15*sin60)
> > y2<-c(0,0)
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > text(0.25,0.13*sin60,"Sandy loam")
> > text(0.13,0.075*sin60,"Loamy")
> > text(0.15,0.035*sin60,"sand")
> > text(0.055,0.021,"Sand")
> > x1<-c(0.37,0.42,0.5,0.8,0.86)
> > x2<-c(0.42,0.54,0.65,0.86,0.94)
> > y1<-c(0.2*sin60,0.08*sin60,0,0,0.12*sin60)
> > y2<-c(0.08*sin60,0.08*sin60,0.285*sin60,0.12*sin60,0.12*sin60)
> > segments(x1,y1,x2,y2)
> > text(0.49,0.18*sin60,"Loam")
> > text(0.72,0.15*sin60,"Silt loam")
> > text(0.9,0.06*sin60,"Silt")
> > par(oldpar)
> > }
>
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