[R] graphs superimposed on pictures?

[David Forrest]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Robert Biddle wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I am doing some work that involves plotting points of interest
> superimposed on photographs and maps. I can produce the plots fine in R, but so far
> I have had to do the superimposition externally, which makes it tedious to do exploratory work.
> I have looked to see if there is some capability to put a background picture on a plot window,
> but I have not found anything.
> Advice, anyone?

The cover from Paul Murrell's book "R Graphics" does just that.
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/RGraphics/rgraphics.html for 
examples.

Dave
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