French Joshua P
University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 170, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217, USA.
R J. 2017;9(1):284-297. Epub 2017 May 10.
Heat maps are commonly used to display the spatial distribution of a response observed on a two-dimensional grid. The package provides convenient functions for constructing multiple heat maps in unified, seamless way, particularly when working with projected coordinates. The package natively supports: 1. automatic inclusion of a color scale with the plotted image, 2. construction of heat maps for responses observed on regular or irregular grids, as well as non-gridded data, 3. construction of a matrix of heat maps with a common color scale, 4. construction of a matrix of heat maps with individual color scales, 5. projecting coordinates before plotting, 6. easily adding geographic borders, points, and other features to the heat maps. After comparing the package's capabilities for constructing heat maps to those of existing tools, a carefully selected set of examples is used to highlight the capabilities of the package.
热图通常用于显示在二维网格上观察到的响应的空间分布。该软件包提供了方便的函数,用于以统一、无缝的方式构建多个热图,特别是在处理投影坐标时。该软件包原生支持:1. 在绘制图像时自动包含颜色刻度;2. 为在规则或不规则网格上观察到的响应以及非网格化数据构建热图;3. 构建具有共同颜色刻度的热图矩阵;4. 构建具有单独颜色刻度的热图矩阵;5. 在绘图前投影坐标;6. 轻松地向热图添加地理边界、点和其他特征。在将该软件包构建热图的功能与现有工具的功能进行比较之后,使用一组精心挑选的示例来突出该软件包的功能。