Plotting USA map with each state's shape or size reflective of a metric

Try r-bloggers cartogram for worked examples in R.
Chris

On Jul 29, 2016 19:01, "Nick Eubank" <nickeubank at gmail.com> wrote:

Not sure how to do in R (can do in arcgis), but you might find the term
"Cartogram" useful on google -- that's the "term of art" for those maps.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 8:20 AM Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if this is possible with R? An example can be found

here:

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/ (a few plots
down).

Appreciate any references you point me to. Thanks!

Vinh

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I was able to find examples (some from R bloggers) after googling R
cartograms. Thanks Nick and Chris.

Shapefiles did show up relative to metric, but they look very distorted
and I'm not sure it conveys information the best way possible.

Anyone run into hexbin examples or something similar to the original post?
That is, not necessarily shapefiles. Approximate location and shapes are
fine. Thanks!

On Jul 30, 2016 6:40 AM, "chris english" <englishchristophera at gmail.com>
wrote:

Try r-bloggers cartogram for worked examples in R.
Chris

On Jul 29, 2016 19:01, "Nick Eubank" <nickeubank at gmail.com> wrote:

Not sure how to do in R (can do in arcgis), but you might find the term
"Cartogram" useful on google -- that's the "term of art" for those maps.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 8:20 AM Vinh Nguyen <vinhdizzo at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if this is possible with R? An example can be found

here:

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/ (a few

plots

down).

Appreciate any references you point me to. Thanks!

Vinh

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