Thank you to David and David for their help. The code below generated what I needed.
library(circular) mydata <- read.table("http://doylesdartden.com/R/Joints.csv", header=TRUE, sep=",",) x <- circular(mydata$JointsRad) rose.diag(x, #Set point character to use pch = 20, #sets font size cex = 1, #parameter that controls the size of the circle. #1= default <1 makes it larger > makes it smaller shrink = 1, #the color for filling the rose diagram. col=2, prop = 2, # number of bins. 36 = 10 degrees each. 18 = 20 degree each bins=36, # Ticks showing bins ticks=TRUE, # Unites. units="degrees", # list main title main="Rose Diagram of XXX") # for more info see http://www.inside-r.org/packages/cran/circular/docs/rose.diag Example of my data JointsDegrees JointsRad 30 0.523598776 34 0.593411946 35 0.610865238 35 0.610865238 37 0.645771823 37 0.645771823 On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 5:16 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2014, at 1:42 PM, David Doyle wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > In geology we often do rose diagrams showing the number of features > along a > > certain compass direction within a given range (bin) of angle (0-180 > > degrees). I was wondering if anybody has had experience with this in R > and > > if they could recommend a package. > > > > I looked at the circular package but it seems to deal only in radian and > we > > normally use degrees. > > > > I've also looked a little at openair being rose diagrams are often used > for > > wind directions. > > > > Any suggestions / guidance would be greatly appreciated. > > Learn to search, Grasshopper. > > Choose one of: > ----------------- > install.packages("sos") > library(sos) > > findFn("rose diagram") > found 19 matches; retrieving 1 page > > Downloaded 14 links in 9 packages. > > > unique( findFn("rose diagram")$Package ) > found 19 matches; retrieving 1 page > > Downloaded 14 links in 9 packages. > [1] "circular" "GEOmap" "oce" "CircStats" "plotrix" "HistData" > [7] "climatol" "openair" "xergm" > -------------- > OR use Rseek.org > ------------ > OR http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=[r]+rose+diagram > > -- > > > > > Thank you for your time. > > David Doyle > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.