Graphics

Visualize your data, get some hints for publication quality graphics, and learn about some packages specifically made for visualizations.

Learning objectives

At the end of this session you should

  • know additional possibilities to create graphics,
  • decide which library might be helpful for your task,
  • choose an appropriate colour palette, and
  • apply your colour palette to features of a shapefile.

More on this topic

The examples in this unit are specifically related to the course assignments. To get a much broader idea about visualizations, please refer to our online book on Creating Publication Quality Graphics in R by our former group members Tim Appelhans and Florian Detsch which is also available at Marburg Open Educational Ressources.

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