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

An other alternative, is the plotGoogleMaps package which allows to plot in a navigator, allowing to zoom in and out etc. You can then make a screenshot of your picture to save it (though remember google maps are legally supposed to be used for the internet).

 library("plotGoogleMaps")
 lat <- c(-38.31, -35.50) #define our map's ylim
 lon <- c(40.96,37.50) #define our map's xlim

 # make your coordinates a data frame 
 coords <- as.data.frame(cbind(lon=lon,lat=lat))

 # make it a spatial object by defining its coordinates in a reference system
 coordinates(coords) <- ~lat+lon 

 # you also need a reference system, the following should be a fine default
 proj4string(coords) <- CRS("+init=epsg:4326")
 # Note: it is a short for: 
 CRS("+init=epsg:4326")
 > CRS arguments:
 >  +init=epsg:4326 +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0 

 # then just plot
 a <- plotGoogleMaps(coords)
 # here `a <-` avoids that you get flooded by the html version of what you plot 

And you get :