Hi, Barry suggested a way to place the text labels; I would like to point out the grid.curve() function that might help in connecting the labels with nice-looking curves. I don't know of a base graphics equivalent (xspline() might come close) so it might be best to opt for Grid.
HTH, baptiste On 7 April 2010 15:46, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Brock Tibert <btibe...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am new to R, but it has been a lot of fun learning as I go and have been >> blow away by what it can do. Came across this example and wanted to see if >> ggplot2 or some other visualization package could make this sort of graphic. >> >> http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=717&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+visualcomplexity+(visualcomplexity.com)&utm_content=Google+Reader >> >> Thanks in advance! > > Not quite out-of-the box, but you can draw text with the text() > function setting the angle with the 'srt' parameter, and you can draw > lines using 'lines'. You can compute angles using 'pi'. You'll need a > bit of trig to work out the angle that the lines start and end at. > That's about all you need to know. > > Some of the subtleties of the typesetting of that specific piece may > be tricky, but it's easy to write a function that takes a vector of > strings and an adjacency matrix and plots something like it. > > Give R-help another hour and I reckon something will turn up. Not > from me, I'm watching the IPL cricket. > > Barry > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
