[R] R base package grid does not output raster image

[Uwe Ligges]

On 24.05.2012 23:04, Patrick Nicholson wrote:
> I am running 64-bit R 2.15.0 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Amazon EC2 instance. grid does not produce output. For example, the following code should print the R logo to the window() device:
>
>
> library(grid)
> library(png)
>
> img.path<- system.file("img", "Rlogo.png", package="png")
> bg<- readPNG(img.path)
> background<- rasterGrob(unclass(bg))
>
> grid.draw(background)
>
>
> I, however, see nothing. Is there a flag or option I should be using on Windows Server 2008 R2 to enable grid output?

This is a known issue with the Remote Desktop Connection. The raster 
images are not shown via that setup. It works if you work locally at the 
server or is you plot into another device (i.e. a pdf file or so).

Best,
Uwe Ligges


>
> For clarity, the following is how I am actually using images in R plots. This code works on my laptop (R 2.15.0, ggplot2 0.8.9):
>
>
> library(ggplot2)
> library(grid)
> library(maps)
> library(mapproj)
> library(png)
> library(RgoogleMaps)
>
> counties<- map_data("county", region="virginia")
> states<- map_data("state")
>
> tmp<- tempfile(fileext=".png")
> bg<- GetMap.bbox(range(counties$long), range(counties$lat), destfile=tmp, maptype="satellite", format="png32")
> background<- readPNG(tmp)
> background<- rasterGrob(unclass(background))
>
> ggplot(counties, aes(long, lat)) +
>    coord_map(xlim=c(bg$BBOX$ll[2], bg$BBOX$ur[2]), ylim=c(bg$BBOX$ll[1], bg$BBOX$ur[1])) +
>    geom_path(aes(group=group), color="darkgrey") +
>    geom_path(data=states, aes(group=group), color="white", size=1) +
>    opts(axis.line=theme_blank(),
>         axis.text.x=theme_blank(),
>         axis.text.y=theme_blank(),
>         axis.ticks=theme_blank(),
>         axis.title.x=theme_blank(),
>         axis.title.y=theme_blank(),
>         axis.ticks.length=unit(0, "lines"),
>         axis.ticks.margin=unit(0, "lines"),
>         panel.border=theme_blank(),
>         panel.background=function(...)background,
>         panel.grid.major=theme_blank(),
>         panel.grid.minor=theme_blank(),
>         panel.margin=unit(0, "lines"),
>         legend.position="none",
>         legend.title=theme_blank(),
>         legend.background=theme_blank(),
>         plot.margin=unit(0*c(-1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5), "lines"))
>
>
> Thank you,
> Patrick
>
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