[R] inset one map on top of another map

[Yihui Xie]

How about the subplot() function in the TeachingDemos package? It is
basically using par() but you do not have to learn all the gory
details.

Regards,
Yihui
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Jean V Adams <jvadams at usgs.gov> wrote:
> I want to overlay a small inset map on top of another map, but I can't
> figure out how to do it.
> For example, here are two different maps:
>
> # map 1 - Ohio
> map("state", region= "ohio")
>
> # map 2 - US with Ohio darkened
> map("state")
> map("state", region="ohio", fill=T, add=T)
>
> I would like to add map 2 as a small inset in the corner of map 1.
> I have tried:
>
> map("state", region= "ohio")
> par(new=TRUE, mar=c(3, 3, 15, 15))
> map("state")
> map("state", region="ohio", fill=T, add=T)
>
> but this seems to erase map 1 and replace it with a full size version of
> map 2.
>
> I can successfully overlay an unrelated plot using similar code:
>
> map("state", region= "ohio")
> par(new=TRUE, mar=c(3, 3, 15, 15))
> plot(1:10, 1:10)
>
> So, there must be something about the maps() function that I'm tripping
> over.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I am using R for Windows 2.13.0
> and the maps package version 2.1-5.
>
> Jean
>
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