R help - Nov 2010 - ggplot map bounds

To all,

I'm working with code below to produce a map with station data plotted in
points, but right now I'm having trouble with the mapping portion of this
code


states <- data.frame(map("state",
plot=FALSE,xlimc(-85,-75),ylim=c(33,37))[c("x","y")])
usamap<- ggplot(states)+geom_path(aes(x,y))
usamap

When I plot this the problem is that the bounds of the plot is from 31N to
38N and 90W to 75W.  The problem is that I only need the bounds of the plot
to be from 33N to 37N and 85W to 75W.  The way this is now, if I try to
subset the states object, I get a garbled mess of lines.  The rest of the
code provides what I'm trying to do with the attached data.


usamap + geom_point(data=obsmeans,aes(x=lon,y=lat,colour = month_1),size=5)
+
scale_colour_gradientn(data=obsmeans,colour=rev(rainbow(17)),breaks=seq(5,21,by=1),limits=c(5,21))


Any ideas for how I can fix this map would be appreciated!

Adrienne

-- 
Adrienne Wootten
Graduate Research Assistant
State Climate Office of North Carolina
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
North Carolina State University

Hi Adrienne,
I think

usamap + xlim(c(-85, -75)) + ylim(c(33,37))

will do what you want.

Best,
Ista

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Adrienne Wootten <amwootte at ncsu.edu>
wrote:
> To all,
>
> I'm working with code below to produce a map with station data plotted
in
> points, but right now I'm having trouble with the mapping portion of
this
> code
>
>
> states <- data.frame(map("state", plot=FALSE,xlim>
c(-85,-75),ylim=c(33,37))[c("x","y")])
> usamap<- ggplot(states)+geom_path(aes(x,y))
> usamap
>
> When I plot this the problem is that the bounds of the plot is from 31N to
> 38N and 90W to 75W. ?The problem is that I only need the bounds of the plot
> to be from 33N to 37N and 85W to 75W. ?The way this is now, if I try to
> subset the states object, I get a garbled mess of lines. ?The rest of the
> code provides what I'm trying to do with the attached data.
>
>
> usamap + geom_point(data=obsmeans,aes(x=lon,y=lat,colour = month_1),size=5)
> +
>
scale_colour_gradientn(data=obsmeans,colour=rev(rainbow(17)),breaks=seq(5,21,by=1),limits=c(5,21))
>
>
> Any ideas for how I can fix this map would be appreciated!
>
> Adrienne
>
> --
> Adrienne Wootten
> Graduate Research Assistant
> State Climate Office of North Carolina
> Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
> North Carolina State University
>
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-- 
Ista Zahn
Graduate student
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
http://yourpsyche.org