maptools (version 1.1-2)

panel.pointLabel: Label placement with spplot and lattice.

Description

Use optimization routines to find good locations for point labels without overlaps.

Usage

panel.pointLabel(x, y = NULL,
                              labels = seq(along = x),
                              method = c("SANN", "GA"),
                              allowSmallOverlap = FALSE,
                              col = add.text$col,
                              alpha = add.text$alpha,
                              cex = add.text$cex,
                              lineheight = add.text$lineheight,
                              font = add.text$font,
                              fontfamily = add.text$fontfamily,
                              fontface = add.text$fontface,
                              fill='transparent',
                              ...)
sp.pointLabel(object, labels, ...)

Arguments

object

A SpatialPoints object.

x, y

coordinates for the point labels. See xy.coords for details.

labels

a character vector or expression.

method

the optimization method, either SANN for simulated annealing (the default) or GA for a genetic algorithm.

allowSmallOverlap

logical; if TRUE, labels are allowed a small overlap. The overlap allowed is 2% of the diagonal distance of the plot area.

col, alpha, cex, lineheight, font, fontfamily, fontface, fill

Graphical arguments. See gpar for details

…

Additional arguments (currently not processed).

See Also

spplot pointLabel

Examples

# NOT RUN {
n <- 15
x <- rnorm(n)*10
y <- rnorm(n)*10
labels <- as.character(round(x, 5))


myTheme <- list(add.text=list(
                  cex=0.7,
                  col='midnightblue',
                  fontface=2,
                  fontfamily='mono'))
library(lattice)
xyplot(y~x,
       labels=labels,
       par.settings=myTheme, 
       panel=function(x, y, labels, ...){
         panel.xyplot(x, y, ...)
         panel.pointLabel(x, y, labels=labels, ...)
       })



data(meuse.grid)
coordinates(meuse.grid) = ~x+y
proj4string(meuse.grid) <- CRS("+init=epsg:28992")
gridded(meuse.grid) = TRUE

library(RColorBrewer)
myCols <- adjustcolor(colorRampPalette(brewer.pal(n=9, 'Reds'))(100), .85)

pts <- spsample(meuse.grid, n=15, type="random")

Rauthors <- readLines(file.path(R.home("doc"), "AUTHORS"))[9:28]
someAuthors <- Rauthors[seq_along(pts)]

sl1 <- list('sp.points', pts, pch=19, cex=.8, col='midnightblue')
sl2 <- list('sp.pointLabel', pts, label=someAuthors,
            cex=0.7, col='midnightblue',
            fontfamily='Palatino')

spplot(meuse.grid["dist"], col.regions=myCols, sp.layout=list(sl1, sl2))
# }