[R] plot 3d info in 2d

[Paul Hiemstra]

 On 08/10/2011 10:02 AM, Andrew Halford wrote:
> Hi Listers,
>
> Is it possible to produce an ordination plot in 2d, where bubbles represent
> the location of sites (this part is easy enough) and the size of the bubbles
> is proportional to the sites location in 3d space (I am stuck on this
> option). So sites that are very near the 2d plane of the xy axes would be
> larger while sites that are actually further away in 3 d space would be
> proportionally smaller.
>
> any help/advice appreciated
>
> Andy
>
Hi Andy!

I think ggplot2 would be the package I would use to do this kind of
plots. However, without "commented, minimal, self-contained,
reproducible code" I cannot provide an example of how to do it.

cheers,
Paul

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