Elevation map in the style of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures

elevation_lines.R

# Elevation lines map for the #30DayMapChallenge
# Author: Mirza Čengić | [email protected]

pacman::p_load(Rahat, tidyverse, raster, topo.ridges)


raster_bih <- getData(name = "alt", country = "BA")

raster_bih_agg <- aggregate(raster_bih, fact = 5)
raster_bih_agg[is.na(raster_bih_agg)] <- 0


my_dat <- cbind(coordinates(raster_bih_agg), values(raster_bih_agg)) %>% 
  as.data.frame() %>% 
  transmute(
x, y,
    val = V3
  )

####
# standardize values for easier visualization
range01 <- function(x)
{
  ( x - min(x)) / (max(x)-min(x))
  
}

my_dat$val[is.na(my_dat$val)] <- 0
my_dat$val_st <- range01(my_dat$val)*0.08 # peakiness of lines

my_dat$x_st <- range01(my_dat$x)
my_dat$y_st <- range01(my_dat$y)


my_dat$ord <- my_dat$y
my_dat_s <- my_dat[order(-my_dat$ord),]



p_lines <- ggplot() +
  geom_path(
    data = my_dat_s,
    # data = aa,
            aes(x = x_st, y = val_st + y_st, group = y_st), size = 0.75,
            col = "white") +
  labs(
    title = "BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA",
    caption = "ELEVATION LINES"
  ) +
  theme(
    # axis.text = element_text(color = "white"),
    plot.background = element_rect(fill = 'black', colour = 'black'), 
    panel.background = element_rect(fill = 'black', colour = 'black'),
    panel.grid = element_blank(),
    axis.text = element_blank(),
     axis.ticks = element_blank(),
    # axis.text = element_blank(),
    panel.border = element_blank(),
    plot.title = element_text(color = "white", family = "Helvetica",
                              size = 43,
                              # face = "bold",
                              vjust = -1,
                              hjust = 0.5),
    plot.caption = element_text(color = "white", family = "Helvetica",
                                size = 40,
                                # face = "bold",
                                vjust = 1,
                                hjust = 0.5)
  ) +
  annotate("text", x = 0.89, y = -0.03, label = "@mirzacengic | itsprettydata.com", color = "white",
           family = "Helvetica-Narrow", size = 2.3)

p_lines
ggsave("/home/mirza/Projects/mapvember/02_lines/02_lines_new.png", p_lines)

library(svglite)
ggsave(file="/home/mirza/Projects/mapvember/02_lines/02_lines.svg", plot=p_lines, width=10, height=8)