Hi, I am plotting shapefiles with plot.Map (package maptools). So far I use different colors for the shapes depending on the a value that belongs to the shape. Now, I need to produce maps only in black, gray and white for publication. Is it possible to fill shapes with pattern (e.g. hatched) instead of colors?
Details of a simplified example: I want to show the percentage change of a variable in a map: e.g. following levels a) >+10 b) +5% to +10% c) -5% to +5% d) -10% to -5% e) <-10% Now I have following colors a) "red" b) "orange" c) "white" d) "greenyellow" e) "green3" Printing this on a monochrome printer is - of course - stupid, because levels a) and e) as well as b) and d) have approximately the same grayscale. I could fill a) = black and e) = white, and everything inbetween with an appropriate grayscale, but I prefer to have areas with no change to appear white rather than medium gray. Therefore, I thought of doing following: a) black b) gray c) white d) hatched with thin lines e) hatched with thick lines (or double-hatched) Any hints and ideas are welcome! (BTW: I use R 1.9.1 on SuSE Linux 9.0) Thanks, Arne -- Arne Henningsen Department of Agricultural Economics University of Kiel Olshausenstr. 40 D-24098 Kiel (Germany) Tel: +49-431-880 4445 Fax: +49-431-880 1397 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uni-kiel.de/agrarpol/ahenningsen/ ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
