How to Make Maps in R That Include Alaska and Hawaii

By Nathan Yau

The conterminous United States always gets the attention, while Alaska and Hawaii are often left out. It is time to bring them back into view.

About the Author

Nathan Yau is a statistician who works primarily with visualization. He earned his PhD in statistics from UCLA, is the author of two best-selling books — Data Points and Visualize This — and runs FlowingData. Introvert. Likes food. Likes beer. Follow him @flowingdata.

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