Abstract
R is not only particularly useful for generation of graphical representations, but also very specifically for maps. The collection site http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/spatial.html lists more than 100 packages for processing of geo data. After introductory examples, we first distinguish between those maps that visualise points, icons or entire diagrams in maps, and finally so-called choropleth maps, in which the areas within the maps illustrate the information. Finally, we consider two relevant examples that cannot be assigned to the above-mentioned categories.
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Rahlf, T. (2017). Maps. In: Data Visualisation with R. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49751-8_10
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