You could use a package, but then you couldn’t customize every single element, and where’s the fun in that?
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How to Make a Custom Stacked Area Chart in R
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Spike maps in R
Spike maps use the height of spikes to encode data geographically. The format…
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A Succinct Intro to R
Before you get into analysis and visualizing data with R, you need to…
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How to Make Print-ready Graphics in R, with ggplot2
You don’t have to use illustration software to polish your graphics. If keeping everything in R is your thing, this tutorial is for you.
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Generative art with R
Generative art seems to be having a moment right now, so it’s only…
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How to Use Packed Circles in R
Adjust coordinates, geometries, and encodings with packed circles to make various types of charts.
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Value of R, the Statistics-specific language
Paul Ford has been learning R to better understand the field of Statistics.…
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Average color of geographic areas
Based on satellite imagery, Erin Davis found the average color of places around…
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How to Make Alluvial Diagrams
Here’s how to do it in R from start to finish, plus editing in illustration software. Make design choices and trade-offs for more readable charts.
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Transform an image into a pixel-ly visual
Here’s a fun interactive by Duc-Quang Nguyen. Upload an image and get back…
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Making a Quick, Custom Prevalence Map – The Process 139
This week I’m describing my process behind a quick map. You can download the code at the end of this issue.
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Send postcards of plots made in R
How many times have you made a plot in R and thought, “I…
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How to Make Ternary Plots in R, with ggplot2
When you want to compare between three parts of your data, ternary plots might be a good option. Here is how to make them.
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Introducing a New Course on Mapping Geographic Data in R, with ggplot2
I’m happy to announce a new course on mapping geographic data in R,…
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R graphics get modern text support, with ragg package
Thomas Lin Pedersen announced the ragg package, which makes font usage in R…
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Parsing a table from an image
Thomas Mock explains how to extract and parse data tables in image files…
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Turn images into LEGO builds in R
The brickr package in R by Ryan Timpe takes an image, converts it…
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How to Make Symbol-based Glyph Charts, with R Examples
Using geometric shapes as an encoding can provide another dimension to your charts.
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Making map art in R
If you can make maps in your software and customize the aesthetics, you…
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Presidential Plinko
To visualize uncertainty in election forecasts, Matthew Kay from Northwestern University used a…
