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How to make beautiful maps in R?
There are quite some nice possibilities to analyse spatial data in R and in the context of my current project I would like to use R more frequently to do that.
Until now I plot my maps with ggplot2 ...
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How can I render latitude-longitude coordinates on a map with D3?
I am trying to overlay dots of arbitrary sets of longitude-latitude coordinates on top of a United States map.
So far I have found the D3 cartography example, but when I try to place dots on X,Y ...
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Are North Arrows Pointless?
A recent post on Cartastrophe refers to a "Worldwide Campaign to Eliminate Needless North Arrows."
So when, if ever, are North arrows necessary?
As an interesting aside the concept of North being ...
