Part IIV: ggplot2 Introduction Mapping Example

part7.r

## Title: ggplot2 Introduction: Plotting Maps
## Description: This line by line analysis, provides an introduction to ggplot2. Mapping.
## Created by: Brandon Bertelsen: Research Manager, Credo Consulting Inc.

# install.packages(maptools)
library(maptools)
library(ggplot2)

# Must allow for licensing
gpclibPermit()

# Fedoral Electoral Districts Courtesy of http://geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/admin/fed/description.html
shape<-readShapeSpatial("R:/root/dev/ggplot2 Introduction/fed308_a.shp")

# Fortify
x <- fortify(shape, region="FED_NUM")

# Subset holes

ggplot(x, aes(long, lat)) + geom_path()