The symbols function can add symbols (including boxplot style boxes) to an
existing plot (your map for example). The subplot function in the TeachingDemos
package can add entire plots (including boxplots) to an existing plot.
Both the above work with base graphs only, not grid (lattice, ggplot2).
--
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
801.408.8111
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> Subject: [R] Adding graphs to a map
>
>
> I have been searching for a while how to do this but I have no clue.
> So I have a shape file, with 10 points where some water quality is
> measured.
> In an csv file I have these values. I would like to couple this
> measurements
> (in boxplot) to each point in the shapefile and connect the name of the
> point by a line (the name is a little bit outside the map to keep
> things
> clean).
> The end product thus is a map with 10 points that each have a boxplot
> containing their measurement data.
>
> I hope this is clear enough.....
> How could I do this?
>
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