Map Chart

Drawing a background map is the first step of any geospatial analysis. Once this background is available, you can color each region to get a choropleth map, add points or bubble to get a bubble map, reshape the region to get a cartogram, or show connection with a connection map.


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<!-- Include the CanvasXpress library in your HTML file -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.canvasxpress.org/dist/canvasXpress.css" type="text/css"/>
<script src="https://www.canvasxpress.org/canvasXpress.min.js"></script>


<!-- Create a canvas element for the chart with the desired dimensions -->
<div>
  <canvas id="canvasId" width="600" height="600"</canvas>
</div>


<!-- Create a script to initialize the chart -->
<script>

  <!-- Create the data for the graph -->
  var data = false
  
  
  <-- Create the configuration for the graph -->
  var config = {
     "decorations":{
        "marker":[
           {
              "color":"blue",
              "coords":[
                 40.701,
                 -73.985
              ],
              "label":"New York 1",
              "shape":"circle",
              "size":1
           },
           {
              "color":"red",
              "coords":[
                 40.702,
                 -74.011
              ],
              "label":"New York 2",
              "shape":"teardrop",
              "size":1.5
           },
           {
              "color":"green",
              "coords":[
                 40.703,
                 -73.991
              ],
              "label":"New York 3",
              "shape":"star",
              "size":3
           }
        ]
     },
     "graphType":"Map",
     "mapConfig":{
        "center":[
           40.7,
           -74
        ],
        "zoom":15
     },
     "showLegend":"false",
     "useLeaflet":"true"
  }
  

  <!-- Call the CanvasXpress function to create the graph -->
  var cX = new CanvasXpress("canvasId", data, config);


</script>

library(canvasXpress)
canvasXpress(
  data=FALSE,
  decorations=list(marker=list(list(color="blue", coords=list(40.701, -73.985), label="New York 1", shape="circle", size=1), list(color="red", coords=list(40.702, -74.011), label="New York 2", shape="teardrop", size=1.5), list(color="green", coords=list(40.703, -73.991), label="New York 3", shape="star", size=3))),
  graphType="Map",
  mapConfig=list(center=list(40.7, -74), zoom=15),
  showLegend=FALSE,
  useLeaflet=TRUE
)
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