[R] arrangement of crowded labels

[Thomas Zumbrunn]

> -----Original Message-----
> I'm looking for algorithms that assist in spreading out crowded labels, e.g.
> labels of points in a scatter plot, in order to obtain a nicer visual
> appearance and better legibility.
> 
> I'm probably just stuck because I didn't find the right key words for a
> successful search on the R websites or in the mailing list archives.

On Wednesday 20 May 2009, Richard.Cotton at hsl.gov.uk wrote:
> Try thigmophobe.labels in the plotrix package.

On Wednesday 20 May 2009, Greg Snow wrote:
> Look at the spread.labs and the dynIdentify and TkIdentify functions in the
> TeachingDemos package.

Thanks for your answers. This was almost what I was looking for, except that I 
would need something for a 2-dimensional context (my question was not specific 
enough).

Best wishes
/thomas