I get the error also (R3.3.1/raster2.5-8). Works fine if I call plot.new() before calling filledContour.
Given this is a contributed package you should be corresponding with the package maintainer if you think this solution is inappropriate or the documentation needs fixing, but I suspect you are better off being able to initialize the plot yourself. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On November 4, 2016 9:53:18 PM PDT, Jeff Charlton <jcharlt...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi David, > >Thank you for the response. I apologize that I didn't give a more >complete >example. Here's code that recreates the issue I'm having on my system. >You'll have to enter the path to your packages and where you want to >store >the downloaded file. > >library("maps", lib.loc="<your library location>") >library("raster", lib.loc="<your library location>") >library("ncdf", lib.loc="<your library location>") > >download.file(" >http://schubert.atmos.colostate.edu/~cslocum/code/air.sig995.2012.nc", >"<your path>/temp_file.nc") >temp_file = raster("<your path>/temp_file.nc") >filledContour(temp_file, plot.axes={axis(1); axis(2); map("world2", >add=TRUE)}) > >When this is run, you should get a plot that shows some contours >overlaid >on a map of world. I originally wrote this several years ago. This >code >worked for me with the following versions of packages: R (3.0.1); ncdf >(1.6.6); maps (2.3-6); and raster (2.1-49). > >Now, on my new, upgraded system, when I run this, I get a "plot.new has >not >been called yet" error. If I then execute a plot.new() command and try >the >filledContour command again, I get the contours, but no map. As I said >below, I believe something has changed in the maps package, but I can't >find anything in the documentation on it or an indication that others >are >having the same issue. My current versions are: R (3.3.2); ncdf4 >(1.15); >maps (3.1.1); and raster (2.5-8). > >I've changed from the ncdf package to the ncdf4 package, but I wouldn't >expect that to be an issue as that package is for reading netCDF files >into >R and that isn't an issue (i.e. I can do a plot(temp_file) to see that >the >file has been loaded properly) > >Thanks for your time, >Jeff > > > >On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:43 PM, David Winsemius ><dwinsem...@comcast.net> >wrote: > >> >> > On Nov 4, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Jeff Charlton <jcharlt...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'm trying to overlay a map on top of data showing temperatures >across >> the >> > world. The code I'm using is: >> > >> > filledContour(tempdata, plot.axes={axis(1); axis(2); >map("world2", >> > add=TRUE)}) >> > >> > where tempdata is a raster file made from a netcdf file downloaded >from >> the >> > NOAA website. The filledContour is a wrapper that translates the >raster >> > image into something that can be used by filled.contour. >> > >> > If I run the code: >> > >> > filledContour(tempdata) >> >> It's somewhat difficult to advise since in one place you say you are >using >> filled.contour, but above you are writing filledContour (but are not >saying >> where this function comes from or offering the required `library` >call to >> set this up.). You are also not offering any data example. Suggest >you make >> this a complete example. >> >> > >> > I get the image I want, but when I add the plot.axes parameter, I >get a >> > "plot.new has not been called yet" error in axis(1). If I run >plot.new() >> > and the original filledContour call, I get the same result as if I >just >> did >> > filledContour(tempdata) (i.e. no map is overlayed). >> > >> > The kicker in all this is that this code worked a couple of years >ago. I >> > ran into this error when I recently dusted of my code and installed >the >> > latest version of R and its various packages. I have a feeling that >> > something has changed in the maps package but I can't find any >reference >> to >> > it online. >> > >> > Can anyone help? >> > >> > Thank you, >> > >> > Jeff >> > >> > Just in case, here's my session info: >> > >> > R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 >(64-bit) >> > Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1 >> > >> > locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 >LC_CTYPE=English_United >> > States.1252 LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 [4] LC_NUMERIC=C >> > LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >> > >> > attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets >> methods >> > base >> > >> > other attached packages: [1] ncdf4_1.15 maps_3.1.1 XML_3.98-1.4 >> > RCurl_1.95-4.8 bitops_1.0-6 raster_2.5-8 sp_1.2-3 >> > >> > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] parallel_3.3.2 >tools_3.3.2 >> > Rcpp_0.12.7 grid_3.3.2 lattice_0.20-34 >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.