[R] Trouble with Spatial Data Example Script

[R. Michael Weylandt]

I have no experience with spplot() or maps in general, but might this
be more or less tied to R FAQ 7.22?

Michael

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Lorenzo Isella
<lorenzo.isella at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> The situation is a bit odd.
> If I open an R session and I paste there the script, then it does work.
> However, if I save it as a text file and then I run it with the
> source("myfile.R") command, then I fall back to the case that started this
> thread i.e. I see nothing.
> Does anybody have a clue at what is going on?
> I paste below the output of sessionInfo(), which is the same no matter
> whether I paste the commands in a shell or use a .R file.
>
>
> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
> locale:
>  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>  [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
>  [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
>  [7] LC_PAPER=C                 LC_NAME=C
>  [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] sp_0.9-99
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] grid_2.15.1    lattice_0.20-6
>
>
> Many thanks
>
> Lorenzo
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> On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:18:43 +0200, David L Carlson <dcarlson at tamu.edu>
> wrote:
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>> Can you get other plotting commands to work? E.g.
>>
>> plot(1:5, 1:5)
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Lorenzo Isella [mailto:lorenzo.isella at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 3:20 AM
>>> To: dcarlson at tamu.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [R] Trouble with Spatial Data Example Script
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply.
>>> I am running R 2.15.1 on debian testing, amd64 architecture.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~$ R
>>>
>>> R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) -- "Roasted Marshmallows"
>>> Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>>>
>>>
>>> and when I run the script, this is what I see
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> source('map-switzerland.R')
>>> [1] "gadm"
>>>
>>> gadm contains the data, but I do not see any map.
>>> Any hint about what is going on?
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Lorenzo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:43:34 +0200, David L Carlson <dcarlson at tamu.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > The script is working for me. Did you get any error or warning
>>> messages?
>>> > What version of R are you using? What operating system does your
>>> > computer use? When the command, print(load(con)), runs, what message
>>> do
>>> > you see?
>>> >
>>> > ----------------------------------------------
>>> > David L Carlson
>>> > Associate Professor of Anthropology
>>> > Texas A&M University
>>> > College Station, TX 77843-4352
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
>>> >> project.org] On Behalf Of Lorenzo Isella
>>> >> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 3:21 PM
>>> >> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>> >> Subject: [R] Trouble with Spatial Data Example Script
>>> >>
>>> >> Dear All,
>>> >> I need to do something relatively simple: generate a map of Europe
>>> and
>>> >> paint the various states with different colors (only 3-4 are needed)
>>> >> according to a rule.
>>> >> I would like to keep it as simple as possible and the script
>>> resorting
>>> >> to
>>> >> the sp package that I found at
>>> >>
>>> >> http://bit.ly/Oc71ub
>>> >>
>>> >> is exactly what I am looking for (I need to repeat the exercise with
>>> >> Europe instead of Switzerland and to have a legend).
>>> >> However, when I try to run the script (which I also paste at the end
>>> of
>>> >> the email), well, nothing happens and I certainly do not see a map
>>> of
>>> >> Switzerland.
>>> >> I am not familiar with the sp package, but am I missing the obvious?
>>> >> Any help is appreciated.
>>> >> Best Regards
>>> >>
>>> >> Lorenzo
>>> >>
>>> >> ########################################à
>>> >>
>>> >> library(sp)
>>> >> con <- url("http://gadm.org/data/rda/CHE_adm1.RData")
>>> >> print(load(con))
>>> >> close(con)
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> language <- c("german", "german", "german","german",
>>> >>   "german","german","french", "french",
>>> >>   "german","german","french", "french",
>>> >>   "german", "french","german","german",
>>> >>   "german","german","german", "german",
>>> >>   "german","italian","german","french",
>>> >>   "french","german","german")
>>> >> gadm$language <- as.factor(language)
>>> >> col = rainbow(length(levels(gadm$language)))
>>> >> spplot(gadm, "language", col.regions=col, main="Swiss Language
>>> >> Regions")
>>> >>
>>> >> ###########################################
>>> >>
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