Mapping Global Data

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Documentation for package ‘rworldmap’ version 1.3-8

• DESCRIPTION file.
• User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.

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rworldmap-package	For mapping global data.
addMapLegend	Add a legend to a map
addMapLegendBoxes	Add a legend of coloured boxes to a map
aggregateHalfDegreeGridToCountries	Aggregates global half degree gridded data to countries
barplotCountryData	Barplot country-level data.
coastsCoarse	A map of world coasts at coarse resolution.
countriesCoarse	a coarse resolution world map, a vector map of 244 country boundaries,suitable for global maps
countriesCoarseLessIslands	a coarse resolution world map, a vector map of 177 country boundaries, suitable for global maps
countriesLow	a low resolution world map, a vector map of 244 country boundaries, suitable for zooming in on regions or large global maps
country2Region	Produce regional data from country level data
countryExData	Example dataset for country level data (2008 Environmental Performance Index)
countryRegions	Regional Classification Table
countrySynonyms	Synonyms of country names for each ISO 3 letter country code to enable conversion.
getMap	A simple way to access maps stored in the package.
gridCountriesDegreesHalf	A gloabl half degree grid specifying the country at each cell
gridCountriesNumeric	A gloabl half degree grid specifying the country at each cell
gridExData	Example half degree grid data : population estimates for 2000 from IIASA
identifyCountries	a function that will print country name and attribute values when a user clicks on the map
isoToName	Returns the country name corresponding to the passed iso code (3 letter, 2 letter or numeric).
joinCountryData2Map	Joins user country referenced data to a map
joinData2Map	Joins user polygon attribute data to a map
labelCountries	to print country labels on a world map
mapBars	function to produce bar plots on a map
mapBubbles	function to produce bubble plots on a map, size and colour determined by attribute data
mapByRegion	Produce maps of regional level data from country level data
mapCountryData	Map country-level data.
mapDevice	Creates a plot device set up for maps
mapGriddedData	Produce maps of global gridded data at half degree resolution
mapHalfDegreeGridToCountries	Maps user half degree gridded data at country level by first aggregating.
mapPies	function to produce pie charts on a map
mapPolys	Map polygon data.
rwmCheckAndLoadInput	internal function to check and load input data to mapping functions
rwmGetClassBreaks	Internal function to set the numeric values for the breaks between data categories
rwmGetColours	to choose map colours for classified data
rwmGetISO3	Internal function for getting the ISO3 country code for a country name synonymn.
rwmNewMapPlot	Internal function to set up an existing device for plotting maps
rworldmap	For mapping global data.
rworldmapExamples	Example code for plot creation
setMapExtents	Internal function allowing map extents to be set from area names