Dynamic position for ggplot2 objects (especially geom_text)?

Question

When using ArcGIS to make maps, the software by default pushes point and polygon labels around automatically to avoid overlap using a proprietary algorithm. They refer to t

Answer 1

Check out the new package ggrepel. ggrepel provides geoms for ggplot2 to repel overlapping text labels. It works both for geom_text and geom_label.

Figure is taken from this blog post.