rgr (version 1.0.4)

edamap7: Plot a Symbol Map of Data Based on the Tukey Boxplot

Description

Displays a simple map where the data are represented at their spatial locations by symbols indicating the value of the data in the context of a Tukey boxplot. Tukey boxplots divide data into 7 groups, the middle 50%, and three lower and higher groupings, see Details below. The computation of the fences used to subdivide the data may be carried out following a logarithmic transformation of the data. The colours of the symbols may be optionally changed.

Usage

edamap7(x, y, zz, sfact = 1, xlab = "Easting", ylab = "Northing", 
	zlab = deparse(substitute(zz)), main = "", log = FALSE, 
	ifgrey = FALSE, symcolr = NULL, tol = 0.04)

Arguments

x

name of the x-axis spatial coordinate, the eastings.

y

name of the y-axis spatial coordinate, the northings.

zz

name of the variable to be plotted.

sfact

controls the absolute size of the plotted symbols, by default sfact = 1. Increasing sfact results in larger symbols.

xlab

a title for the x-axis, defaults to Easting.

ylab

a title for the y-axis, defaults to Northing.

zlab

by default, zlab = deparse(substitute(zz)), a map title is generated by appending the input variable name text string to EDA Tukey Boxplot Map for. Alternative titles may be generated, see Details below.

main

an alternative map title, see Details below.

log

if it is required to undertake the Tukey Boxplot computations after a logarithmic data transform, set log = TRUE.

ifgrey

set ifgrey = TRUE if a grey-scale map is required, see Details below.

symcolr

the default is a colour map and default colours are provided, deeper blues for lower values, green for the middle 50% of the data, and oranges and reds for higher values. A set of alternate symbol colours can be provided by defning symcolr,

tol

a parameter used to ensure the area included within the neatline around the map is larger than the distribution of the points so that the plotted symbols fall within the neatline. By default tol = 0.04, if more clearance is required increase

Details

Tukey boxplots divide data into 7 groups, the middle 50%, and three lower and high groupings: within the whisker, near outliers and far outliers, respectively. Symbols for values below the first quartile (Q1) are plotted as increasingly larger circles, while symbols for values above the third quartile are plotted as increasingly larger squares. For the higher groupings, the whisker contains values >Q3 and <(q3 +="" 1.5="" *="" hw)<="" code="">, where HW = (Q3 - Q1), the interquartile range; near outliers lie between (Q3 + 1.5 * HW) and (Q3 + 3 * HW); and far outliers have values >(Q3 + 3 * HW). For the lower groupings the group boundaries, fences, fall similarly spaced below Q1. The computation of the fences used to subdivide the data may be carried out following a logarithmic transformation of the data. A summary table of the values of the symbol intervals, the number of values plotting as each symbol, and symbol shapes, sizes and colours is displayed on the current device. If zlab and main are undefined a default a map title is generated by appending the input variable name text string to EDA Tukey Boxplot Based Map for. If no map title is required set zlab = "", and if some user defined map title is required it should be defined in main, e.g. main = "Map Title Text". If the grey-scale option is chosen the symbols are plotted 100% black for the far outliers, 85% black for the near outliers, 70% black for values within the whiskers, and 60% black for values falling within the middle 50% of the data. The default colours, symcolr = c(25, 22, 20, 13, 6, 4, 1), are selected from the rainbow(36) pallette, and alternate colour schemes need to be selected from the same palette. See display.rainbow for the available colours. It is essential that 7 colours be provided, e.g., symcolr = c(27, 24, 22, 12, 5, 3, 36), if exactly 7 are not provided the default colours will be displayed.

See Also

display.rainbow, ltdl.fix.df, remove.na

Examples

## Make test data available
data(kola.o)
attach(kola.o)

## Plot a default symbol map
edamap7(UTME, UTMN, Cu)

## Plot a more appropriately scaled (log transformed data) and 
## labelled map
edamap7(UTME/1000, UTMN/1000, Cu, log = TRUE,
	xlab = "Kola Project UTM Eastings (km)",
	ylab = "Kola Project UTM Northings (km)") 

## Plot a grey-scale equivalent of the above map
edamap7(UTME/1000, UTMN/1000, Cu, log = TRUE, ifgrey = TRUE,
	xlab = "Kola Project UTM Eastings (km)",
	ylab = "Kola Project UTM Northings (km)") 

## Plot the same map with an alternate colour scheme
edamap7(UTME/1000, UTMN/1000, Cu, log = TRUE, 
	xlab = "Kola Project UTM Eastings (km)",
	ylab = "Kola Project UTM Northings (km)",
	symcolr = c(27, 24, 22, 12, 5, 3, 36)) 

## Detach test data
detach(kola.o)