Markus Gesmann
2011-Feb-08 22:33 UTC
[R] [R-pkgs] Update: googleVis 0.2.4 - Using the Google Visualisation API with R
Hi all, Version 0.2.4 of the googVis package has been released on CRAN and will be available from your local CRAN mirror soon. googleVis provides an interface between R and the Google Visualisation API. The functions of the package allow users to visualise data stored in R with the Google Visualisation API without uploading their data to Google Since the last version a lot of work has been carried out under the bonnet to make googleVis more flexible and easier to use. The new version no longer requires to install the package into a folder with access rights and provides a better interface to insert the visualisation output into your own sites. For more information see: Project site: http://code.google.com/p/google-motion-charts-with-r/ Overview: http://google-motion-charts-with-r.googlecode.com/files/GoogleVisOverview_0.2.4.pdf Examples: http://code.google.com/p/google-motion-charts-with-r/wiki/GadgetExamples Vignette: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/googleVis/vignettes/googleVis.pdf And here are the NEWS: Version 0.2.4 [2011-02-07] ========================= Changes o plot.gvis no longer writes into the package folder. Instead temporary files are created. This overcomes the need to install the package into a directory with write access. Many thanks to Ben Bolker for this suggestion and code contribution. o plot.gvis no longer requires the web server provided by the R.rsp package to display the visualisation output. Instead it uses the internal R HTTP help server. Many thanks to John Verzani for this suggestion and code contribution. o R >= 2.11.0 is required to plot googleVis output, as it uses the internal R HTTP help server. o Updated vignette with a section on how to use googleVis with RApache and brew NEW FEATURES o The plot function generates a web page which includes a link to the HTML code of the chart. Many thanks to Henrik Bengtsson for this suggestion. o gvis visualisation functions have a new argument 'chart id', to set the chart id of the exhibit manually. o gvis functions return more details about the visualisation chart in a structured way. Suppose x is a 'gvis' object, than x$html$chart is a named character vector of the chart's JavaScript building blocks and html tags. o print.gvis has a new argument 'tag', which gives the user more control over the output o New brew example files in: system.file("brew", package = "googleVis") BUG FIXES o gvisTable did not accept datetime columns. Please feel free to send us an email <rvisualisation at gmail.com> if you would like to be kept informed of new versions, or if you have any feedback, ideas, suggestions or would like to collaborate. Best regards, The googleVis team: Markus Gesmann, Diego de Castillo [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-packages mailing list R-packages at r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-packages