ggplot2: Quick Heatmap Plotting
A post on FlowingData blog demonstrated how to quickly make a heatmap below using R base graphics. This post shows how to achieve a very similar result using ggplot2. Data Import FlowingData used last...
View Articleggplot2: Crayola Crayon Colours
Statistical Algorithms blog attempted to recreate a graph depicting the growing colour selection of Crayola crayons in ggplot2 (original graph below via FlowingData). He also asked the following...
View ArticleNew Features in ggplot2 version 0.8.5
Just before Christmas ggplot2 version 0.8.5 was released, closely following the release of version 0.8.4 a week or so earlier. Whilst both versions included included numerous bugfixes (25 in 0.8.4 and...
View Articledirectlabels: Adding direct labels to ggplot2 and lattice plots
Sometimes it is preferable to label data series instead of using a legend. This post demonstrates one way of using labels instead of legend in a ggplot2 plot. > library(ggplot2) > p <-...
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