An R package to support the creation of US maps in the R language.
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Add points to usmap with ggplot in r
I was able to create a US map with this tutorial. When I tried to add additional points to it they all ended up in South Dakota, no matter what I input for data.
library(ggplot2)
library(usmap)
testData <- data.frame(LATITUDE = 20.31557, LONGITUDE…

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How merge specific states together by group with one label in ggplot2 in R?
I want to plot Electric grid map for U.S. So I need to merge specific states together . I want to plot border for those state together but it not working. Also just one label per each group. This is my data :…

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Tmap: Cannot create school district map for national level
I want to plot school districts on a national map in R using the library Tmap. I used a shapefile from the official website, the National Center for Education Statistics, for school district boundaries. Please note that I used the 2019 file instead…

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R how to specify custom color gradients with breakpoints
I'm trying to create a custom gradient scale in R that will change colors based on values.
Basically:
I want the fill color to be a gradient between darkblue and blue for values that are between 1 and 50.
I want the fill color to be a gradient…

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How to label numbers instead of names using usmap?
I know usmap has an option label in plot_usmap(). Instead of state names, I want to label some numbers. I guess there should be data related to the coordinate of the state centroids in usmap but I am not sure how to find it. If I can get…

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Creating a map plot in R using plot_usmap package
I have a dataset containing different states, zip codes, and claim counts each in separate columns. I am trying to create a plot to show the total claim count according to zip codes for the state of MA.
Dataset:
I used this to filter by…

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usmap ggplot2 - mapping USA counties, legend title difficulties
I am using the usmap library which seems to do a great job of mapping counties in R. However, I have 1 issue, the legend titles for maps of factors.
Using name in scale_color_gradient(low="green",high="darkgreen",name="My Factor") doesn't…

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Using a custom gradient fill based on two different columns
I am trying to have two different fill colors for each US state based on two different columns of my dataset. For this, I am using the counties and coloring half of them which are below the state centroid based on Qt column and another half based on…

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How do I use ggplot2 to draw a US Map that uses two colors to fill in specific states based on a yes or no variable
Currently, I have this
library(usmap)
library(ggplot2)
plot_usmap(states = "states") +
labs(title = "US States",
subtitle = "This is a blank map of the counties of the United States.") +
theme(panel.background = element_rect(color = "BLACK",…

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How to remove the borders in usmap plot
I am trying to make a US election map based on the package 'usmap'. The thing is it seems like the package can only do a white background. If I changed the background colour it would show borders. I tried to remove the borders by setting…

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How to specify bin colors for plot_usmap?
I'm looking to create a heat map with a little more control over the color scale, specifically I want to have bins for ranges of values that will correspond to a specific color.
Below I provide some sample code to generate some data and make a plot.…

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Discrete values in US map legend using plot_usmap
I am plotting a group of "treatment" counties, using usmap::plot_usmap(), such that treatment=1 for the identified counties an 0 otherwise. I would like the legend to reflect the fact that the variable is discrete (0/1) rather than show a continuous…

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Trouble using plot_usmap() function in usmap package
I have decided to brush up on my map making skills and am using the publicly available COVID data from: https://www.kaggle.com/sudalairajkumar/covid19-in-usa
Below is my code:
USdata <- us_states_covid19_daily %>%
group_by(state)%>%
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How do I change state or counties label sizes in R with the function usmap?
I am trying to map New Mexico with each county labeled, but the label size is always much larger than desired.
Here is the code I have used so far.
plot_usmap("counties", include=("NM"), labels=TRUE, label_color="red")
and my map ends up looking…
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Plotting Numerical Values on US Maps
My data is as follows, I call it shortie in the code:
State Min Max Average
1 AL 7.0 10.8 8.842857
2 AK 6.9 10.2 8.095238
3 AZ 5.4 10.0 6.623810
4 AR 9.5 15.4 12.157143
5 CA 5.8 7.9 6.309524
6 CO 6.5 9.8 …

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