[R] RES: North Arrow (.png file) on a Map

Wed Mar 11 16:38:25 CET 2009

Another possibility is the my.symbols function in the TeachingDemos package.  You can define a polygon of your arrow (or other symbol), then use my.symbols to add it to an existing graph, the advantage of my.symbols is that the size of the arrow is absolute, not in terms of the scale of the original plot.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Aluizio
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:22 AM
> To: 'Yihui Xie'
> Cc: R Help
> Subject: [R] RES: North Arrow (.png file) on a Map
> 
> Thanks a lot Yihui, It's perfect, in fact exactly identical the I have
> as a
> png file in my computer.
> Thank you so much.
> 
> Regards
> Rodrigo
> 
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: Yihui Xie [mailto:xieyihui at gmail.com]
> Enviada em: quarta-feira, 11 de março de 2009 02:48
> Para: Rodrigo Aluizio
> Cc: R Help
> Assunto: Re: [R] North Arrow (.png file) on a Map
> 
> Is this "arrow" satisfactory for you?
> 
> north.arrow = function(x, y, h) {
>     polygon(c(x, x, x + h/2), c(y - h, y, y - (1 + sqrt(3)/2) * h),
> col = "black", border = NA)
>     polygon(c(x, x + h/2, x, x - h/2), c(y - h, y - (1 + sqrt(3)/2) *
> h, y, y - (1 + sqrt(3)/2) * h))
>     text(x, y, "N", adj = c(0.5, 0), cex = 4)
> }
> plot(1, type = "n", ylim = c(0, 1))
> north.arrow(1, 0.8, 0.3)
> 
> Regards,
> Yihui
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> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Rodrigo Aluizio <r.aluizio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi list.
> >
> > I would like to know how do I insert a North arrow, stored as a png
> file
> in
> > my computer, in a map? I found lots of post asking similar things,
> one of
> > them mentioned the pixmap package.  The map was done using map() and
> > shapefiles (the code is below). I'm using the pixmap () and addlogo()
> > functions. Well I can import the png with pixmap() function (I guess,
> once
> > there's no error message), but I can't put It on the map, I got an
> error
> > message telling me that:
> >
> >
> >
> > "Error at t(x at index[nrow(x at index):1, , drop = FALSE]) :
> >
> >  index out of limits"
> >
> >
> >
> > Well I tried changing coordinates but I always got the same result.
> How do
> I
> > do this correctly? Is there a better way?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the help and attention.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the complete map script:
> >
> >
> >
> > library(RODBC)
> >
> > library(maps)
> >
> > library(mapdata)
> >
> > library(maptools)
> >
> > library(pixmap)
> >
> > #Carregar Coordenadas e dados dos Pontos Amostrais
> >
> > Dados<-odbcConnectExcel('Campos.xls',readOnly=T)
> >
> > Coord<-sqlFetch(Dados,'CoordMed',colnames=F,rownames='Ponto')
> >
> > odbcClose(Dados)
> >
> > N<-pixmap('Norte.png',nrow=166,ncol=113)
> >
> > # Carregar pontos e shapes
> >
> >
> Batimetria<-
> readShapeSpatial('C:/Users/Rodrigo/Documents/UFPR/Micropaleontol
> > ogia/Campos/ShapeFiles/Batimetria_BC.shp')
> >
> >
> Estados<-
> readShapeSpatial('C:/Users/Rodrigo/Documents/UFPR/Micropaleontologi
> > a/Campos/ShapeFiles/Estados_Sudeste.shp')
> >
> >
> Faciologia<-
> readShapeSpatial('C:/Users/Rodrigo/Documents/UFPR/Micropaleontol
> > ogia/Campos/ShapeFiles/Faciologia_BC.shp')
> >
> > # Mapa com os Pontos da Bacia
> >
> >
> postscript('MapaCampos.eps',paper='special',onefile=F,horizontal=F,widt
> h=3.5
> > ,height=4.5,bg='white',pointsize=3)
> >
> > par(mar=c(3,2,2,0))
> >
> >
> map('worldHires','brazil',ylim=c(23.9,20.3),xlim=c(42.1,39.2),type='n')
> >
> >
> plot(Faciologia,ylab='',xlab='',col=c('lightgreen','lightgreen','lightg
> reen'
> >
> ,'lightgreen','lightgreen','lightgray','lightgray','lightgray','lightgr
> ay','
> >
> lightgray','lightgray','lightgray','lightgray','lightgray','lightgray',
> 'ligh
> >
> tgray','lightgray','lightgray','lightgray','lightgray','lightgray','lig
> htyel
> > low','lightyellow','lightyellow'),add=T,lwd=0.5,border=0)
> >
> >
> plot(Batimetria,ylab='',xlab='',col='darkgray',lty='solid',lwd=0.2,add=
> T)
> >
> > plot(Estados,ylab='',xlab='',lty='solid',add=T,lwd=0.8)
> >
> >
> text(Coord$Longitude[Coord$Réplicas=='1'],Coord$Latitude[Coord$Réplicas
> =='1'
> > ],rownames(Coord)[Coord$Réplicas=='1'],col='red',cex=0.5,font=2)
> >
> >
> text(Coord$Longitude[Coord$Réplicas=='2'],Coord$Latitude[Coord$Réplicas
> =='2'
> > ],rownames(Coord)[Coord$Réplicas=='2'],col='yellow',cex=0.5,font=2)
> >
> >
> text(Coord$Longitude[Coord$Réplicas=='3'],Coord$Latitude[Coord$Réplicas
> =='3'
> > ],rownames(Coord)[Coord$Réplicas=='3'],col='blue',cex=0.5,font=2)
> >
> > points(Coord$Longitude,Coord$Latitude-0.045,pch=20,cex=0.7)
> >
> > text(c(41.5,41.3),c(21.7,20.6),c('RJ','ES'))
> >
> > axis(1,xaxp=c(42.1,39.2,2),cex.axis=1)
> >
> > axis(2,yaxp=c(23.9,20.3,4),cex.axis=1)
> >
> > title(main='Bacia')
> >
> >
> legend(40.2,23.5,c('Uma','Duas','Três'),pch=21,cex=1,pt.bg=c('red','yel
> low',
> > 'blue'),bty='n',pt.cex=2,pt.lwd=0.6,title='Réplicas')
> >
> >
> legend(39.8,23.5,c('Areia','Calcário','Lama'),pch=21,cex=1,pt.bg=c('lig
> htyel
> >
> low','lightgray','lightgreen'),bty='n',pt.cex=2,pt.lwd=0.6,title='Facio
> logia
> > ')
> >
> > addlogo(N,px=c(40,39.8),py=c(21,20.8))
> >
> > dev.off()
> >
> > q('no')
> >
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > MSc. Rodrigo Aluizio <mailto:r.aluizio at gmail.com>
> >
> > Centro de Estudos do Mar/UFPR
> > Laboratório de Micropaleontologia
> >
> >
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