Plot coordinates on map

Question

I am trying to plot my coordinates using R. I have tried already to follow different post (R: Plot grouped coordinates on world map ; Plotting coordinates of multiple points

Answer 1

As an alternative to RgoogleMaps, you can also use the combination ggplot2 with ggmap.

With this code:

# loading the required packages
library(ggplot2)
library(ggmap)

# creating a sample data.frame with your lat/lon points
lon <- c(-38.31,-35.5)
lat <- c(40.96, 37.5)
df <- as.data.frame(cbind(lon,lat))

# getting the map
mapgilbert <- get_map(location = c(lon = mean(df$lon), lat = mean(df$lat)), zoom = 4,
                      maptype = "satellite", scale = 2)

# plotting the map with some points on it
ggmap(mapgilbert) +
  geom_point(data = df, aes(x = lon, y = lat, fill = "red", alpha = 0.8), size = 5, shape = 21) +
  guides(fill=FALSE, alpha=FALSE, size=FALSE)

you get this result: