Using Tilegrams in R

Bhaskar V. Karambelar

2017-03-29

The goal of tilegramsR is to provide R spatial objects representing Tilegrams. The primary purpose of this data is for plotting either using base plotting, ggplot2 or leaflet. To know more about Tilegrams see this post and a this web app.

Usage

Installation

install.packages('tilegramsR')

#OR Latest Development version

devtools::install_github('bhaskarvk/tilegramsR')

Example Code

Check out inst\examples folder, or see it in action at Rpubs: tilegramsR and Rpubs: Election Map.

Data

The package provides spatial objects in sf format.

Pitch Interactive Tilegrams

U.S.A
  • sf_Pitch_US_Population_2016_v1: A sf object where each feature = 500K people
  • sf_Pitch_US_Population_2016_v1.states: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_Pitch_US_Population_2016_v1.centers: A sf object of centroids of each state of the U.S.A.
Germany
  • sf_germany_constituencies: A sf object where each feature is a German Constituency
  • sf_germany_constituencies.centers: A sf object of centroids of each German Constituency
France
  • sf_france_regions_population: A sf object of French regions
  • sf_france_regions_population.regions: A sf object of boundaries of French regions
  • sf_france_regions_population.centers: A sf object of centroids of each French region
  • sf_france_all_regions_population: A sf object of French Regions including overseas regions
  • sf_france_all_regions_population.regions: A sf object of boundaries of all French regions
  • sf_france_all_regions_population.centers: A sf object of centroids of each French Region including overseas regions
  • sf_france_departments: A sf object of French departments
  • sf_france_departments.centers: A sf object of centroids of each French department

fivethirtyeight’s Electoral College Tilegram

NPR

Hexagon Tilegram
  • sf_NPR1to1: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_NPR1to1.centers: A sf object of centroids of each state of the U.S.A.
NPR.DemersCartogram
  • sf_NPR.DemersCartogram: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_NPR.DemersCartogram.centers: A sf object of centroids of each state of the U.S.A.

Daily KOS

Dual Hexagon Tilegram
  • sf_DKOS_50_State_OuterHex_Tilemap_v1: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_DKOS_50_State_InnerHex_Tilemap_v1: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_DKOS_50_State_Hex_Tilemap_v1.centers: A sf object of centroids of each state of the U.S.A.
Congressional Districts Tilegram
  • sf_DKOS_CD_Hexmap_v1.1: A sf object where each feature = 1 congressional District
  • sf_DKOS_CD_Hexmap_v1.1.states: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_DKOS_CD_Hexmap_v1.1.centers: A sf object of centroids of each state of the U.S.A.
Electoral College Tilegram
  • sf_DKOS_Electoral_College_Map_v1: A sf object where each feature = 1 electoral college
  • sf_DKOS_Electoral_College_Map_v1.states: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_DKOS_Electoral_College_Map_v1.centers: A sf object of centroids of each state of the U.S.A.
Distorted Electoral College Tilegram
  • sf_DKOS_Distorted_Electoral_College_Map_v1: A sf object where each feature = 1 state of the U.S.A
  • sf_DKOS_Distorted_Electoral_College_Map_v1.centers: A sf object of centroids of each state of the U.S.A.

Washington Post Tilegram

Wall Street Journal Tilegram

Datamap.io.tilegram

As and when newer Tilegrams are made available they will be added to this package.

Credits