qmap {ggmap}

R Documentation

Quick map plot

Description

qmap is a wrapper for ggmap and get_map.

Usage

qmap(location = "houston", ...)

Arguments

location	character; location of interest
...	stuff to pass to ggmap and get_map.

Value

a ggplot object

Author(s)

David Kahle david.kahle@gmail.com

See Also

ggmap and get_map.

Examples

Run examples

## Not run:  some requires Google API key; heavy network/time load

location <- "marrs mclean science, waco, texas"
qmap(location)
qmap(location, zoom = 14)
qmap(location, zoom = 14, source = "osm")
qmap(location, zoom = 14, source = "osm", scale = 20000)
qmap(location, zoom = 14, maptype = "satellite")
qmap(location, zoom = 14, maptype = "hybrid")
qmap(location, zoom = 14, maptype = "toner", source = "stamen")
qmap(location, zoom = 14, maptype = "watercolor", source = "stamen")
qmap(location, zoom = 14, maptype = "terrain-background", source = "stamen")
qmap(location, zoom = 14, maptype = "toner-lite", source = "stamen")

where <- "the white house, washington dc"
wh <- geocode(where)
qmap(where, maprange = TRUE, zoom = 15,
  base_layer = ggplot(aes(x=lon, y=lat), data = wh)) +
  geom_point()




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