scalebar function

Scalebar

This function plots the unit at a specified location.

scalebar(Xlowerleft, Ylowerleft, Xupperright, Yupperright, shifttext, shiftkm,
sizetext)

Arguments

• Xlowerleft, Ylowerleft: x and y coordinate of the lower left corner
• Xupperright, Yupperright: x and y coordinate of the upper corner
• shifttext: on which margin line, starting at 0 counting outwards
• shiftkm: how far from the last point the label should be written
• sizetext: expansion factor for the text

Returns

No return value, creates a plot.

References

C. Reimann, P. Filzmoser, R.G. Garrett, and R. Dutter: Statistical Data Analysis Explained. Applied Environmental Statistics with R. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2008.

Author(s)

Peter Filzmoser <P.Filzmoser@tuwien.ac.at > http://cstat.tuwien.ac.at/filz/

Examples

plot.new()
scalebar(0,0.25,1,0.5,shifttext=-0.05,shiftkm=4e4,sizetext=0.8)