R: Backgound map

bgmap {VIM} | R Documentation

## Backgound map

### Description

Plot a background map.

### Usage

    bgmap(map, add = FALSE, ...)

### Arguments

`map` | either a matrix or `data.frame` with two columns, a list with components `x` and `y`, or an object of any class that can be used for maps and provides its own plot method (e.g., `"SpatialPolygons"` from package `sp`). A list of the previously mentioned types can also be provided.
`add` | a logical indicating whether `map` should be added to an already existing plot (the default is `FALSE`).
`...` | further arguments and graphical parameters to be passed to `plot` and/or `lines`.

### Author(s)

Andreas Alfons

### References

M. Templ, A. Alfons, P. Filzmoser (2012) Exploring incomplete data using visualization tools. Journal of Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, Online first. DOI: 10.1007/s11634-011-0102-y.

### See Also

`growdotMiss`, `mapMiss`

### Examples

    data(kola.background, package = "VIM")
    bgmap(kola.background)

[Package VIM version 5.1.1 Index]