RgoogleMaps1.5.1 package

Overlays on Static Maps

AddAlpha

add alpha level to color that lacks one

ColorMap

Plot Levels of a Variable in a Colour-Coded Map

degreeAxis

axis with degrees

genStaticMap

generates a "static map" from map tiles by "stitching" them together

geosphere_mercator

Transform longitude/latiude points to the Mercator projection.

GetBingMap

download a static map from the Microsoft map tile server

getGeoCode

geocoding utility

GetMap.bbox

GetMap bbox

GetMap

download a static map from the Google server

GetMapTiles

download map tiles from specified map tile servers such as openstreetm...

GetOsmMap

Query the Open Street Map server for map tiles instead of Google Maps

IdentifyPoints

identify points by clicking on map

LatLon2XY.centered

computes the centered coordinate transformation from lat/lon to map ti...

LatLon2XY

computes the coordinate transformation from lat/lon to map tile coordi...

MapBackground

get static Map from the Google server

MaxZoom

computes the maximum zoom level which will contain the given lat/lon r...

mypolygon

simple wrapper function to plot colored polygons

NumTiles

computes the necessary number of tiles from a bounding box and a zoom ...

osmtile_bbox

compute the bounding box of an OpenStreetmap tile

PlotArrowsOnStaticMap

plots arrows or segments on map

plotmap

easy to use wrapper function

PlotOnMapTiles

plots on map tiles by "stitching" them together

PlotOnStaticMap

overlays plot on background image of map tile

plotOSM

plots OSM map tiles

plotOSMtile

plots a single OSM tile

PlotPolysOnStaticMap

plots polygons on map

qbbox

computes bounding box

ReadMapTile

Read a bitmap image stored in the PNG format

RGB2GRAY

translates an RGB image matrix to gray scale

sp_bbox

computes bounding box

SpatialToPBS

converts spatial objects as defined in package sp to simpler PBSmappin...

TextOnStaticMap

plots text on map

Tile2R

simple utility to offset and scale XY coordinates with respect to the ...

updateusr

Updates the 'usr' coordinates in the current plot.

XY2LatLon

computes the centered coordinate transformation from lat/lon to map ti...

Serves two purposes: (i) Provide a comfortable R interface to query the Google server for static maps, and (ii) Use the map as a background image to overlay plots within R. This requires proper coordinate scaling.