[R-sig-Geo] degAxis() does not print degree symbol

Ricc alltheweb2cc+rsiggeo at gmail.com
Wed Jan 25 17:44:52 CET 2012


You are right !
I found a similar (but unsolved issue) on the r-help mailing list (see
link below)
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Wrong-symbol-rendering-in-plots-Ubuntu-td2243513.html

I will try on that list !

2012/1/25 Edzer Pebesma-2 [via R-sig-geo]
<ml-node+s2731867n7224271h65 at n2.nabble.com>:
> I think your question has little to do with sp, or with r-sig-geo. If
> the command
>
> plot(1); title(parse(text="52*degree*North"))
>
> gives the same problem (no degree sign), I would advice searching, and
> in case of no success posting to r-help, mentioning your locale.
>
> On 01/25/2012 03:54 PM, Ricc wrote:
>
>> I omitted the 'locale' part of the sessionInfo() but other infos were
>> given in my first message as well as in my signature.
>> Here is the 'locale' part:
>> locale:
>>  [1] LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8          LC_NUMERIC=C
>>  [3] LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8           LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8
>>  [5] LC_MONETARY=fr_FR.UTF-8       LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8
>>  [7] LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8          LC_NAME=fr_FR.UTF-8
>>  [9] LC_ADDRESS=fr_FR.UTF-8        LC_TELEPHONE=fr_FR.UTF-8
>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8    LC_IDENTIFICATION=fr_FR.UTF-8
>>
>> 2012/1/25 Edzer Pebesma-2 [via R-sig-geo]
>> <[hidden email]>:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/25/2012 01:55 PM, Ricc wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to dig up this thread, but I am currently facing the same issue,
>>>> ie
>>>> I
>>>> do not get the degree symbol on the plot but rather get a gamma symbol.
>>>> - Do someone found a solution ?
>>>> - Has it something to do with the encoding set up of my system ?
>>>
>>> It might help if you would tell us what your encoding is, as well as
>>> operating system & version. On my system, it works. The sessionInfo
>>> there is:
>>>
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22)
>>> 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] rgdal_0.7-5 sp_0.9-94
>>>
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> [1] grid_2.14.1    lattice_0.20-0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks !
>>>>
>>>> My script:
>>>> library(rgdal)
>>>> my_lines <- readOGR(".","ShapefileName")
>>>> plot(my_lines, axes=TRUE)
>>>>
>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>> attached base packages:
>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>> other attached packages:
>>>> [1] rgdal_0.7-8  sp_0.9-93    rkward_0.5.6
>>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>>> [1] grid_2.14.1    lattice_0.20-0 tools_2.14.1
>>>>
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