mapText {oce} | R Documentation |
Plot text on an existing map
mapText(longitude, latitude, labels, ...)
longitude |
longitudes of text to be plotted |
latitude |
latitudes of text to be plotted |
labels |
labels of text to be plotted |
... |
optional arguments passed to |
Adds text to an existing map, by analogy to text
.
Dan Kelley
See mapPlot
for general information on plotting maps,
including other functions.
## Not run: library(oce) data(coastlineWorld) longitude <- coastlineWorld[['longitude']] latitude <- coastlineWorld[['latitude']] mapPlot(longitude, latitude, type='l', grid=5, longitudelim=c(-70,-50), latitudelim=c(45,50), projection="+proj=merc") lon <- -63.5744 # Halifax lat <- 44.6479 mapPoints(lon, lat, pch=20, col="red") mapText(lon, lat, "Halifax", col="red", pos=1, offset=1) ## End(Not run)