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extracting centroids from map data

2 messages · Andy Bunn, Bede-Fazekas Ákos

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Hello all, I'm working on a map. I'd like to extract centroids of the counties below in order to plot them as points. How can I do this?

Many thanks, Andy

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library(ggplot2)
library(maps)
all_states <- map_data("county")
states <- subset(all_states, region %in% c("iowa",  "illinois", "indiana",
                                           "michigan", "minnesota","ohio",
                                           "wisconsin"))
p <- ggplot()
p <- p + geom_polygon( data=states, aes(x=long, y=lat, group = group),
                       color="grey10", fill="white" )
p <- p + theme(aspect.ratio=1)
p
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Hello Andy,
you'll need these:

library(rgeos)
centroids <- gCentroid(states, byid=TRUE, id = NULL)

after you convert your data.frame to SpatialPolygons or 
SpatialPolygonsDataFrame (package sp).
HTH,
?kos

2016.05.20. 5:41 keltez?ssel, Andy Bunn ?rta: