#GGPLOT2 GEOM
This project illustrates how to create a new ggplot2 geom in R that allows to visualize hurricane wind fields using the data from The Tropical Cyclone Extended Best Track Dataset. The motivation of this undertaking was to solve the peer-graded assignment of the Building Data Visualization Tools course.
The purpose of this assignment is to draw on your knowledge of the grid and ggplot2 package to build a new geom. You will then need to load and tidy the provided dataset in order to plot the geom on a map.
Organization of the Files The project has the following structure:
R scripts: Includes files in 2 directories: geom_hurricane.R in R directory:It is the submitted code for the peer-graded assignment of the Coursera's course which creates two graphs of the Hurricane Ike roxygen2-style documentation in MAN directory: on how to integrate the new geom into a new R package.
GRAPHS Contains the plots created by geom_hurricane.R code in order to demonstrate how the new geom works
DATA contains clean and non clean datsets for the assignment
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES: Includes all the resources notes that I considered relevant for this task
Review criterialess To submit this assignment you must submit
An R script containing the code implementing the geom
A plot file (in PNG or PDF format) containing a map that has the wind radii overlayed for Hurricane Ike
This assessment will ask reviewers the following questions:
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Is a map included that shows the wind radii for a single observation time for Hurricane Ike?
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Does the map show the correct hurricane?
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Does the geom correctly map locations for the wind radii based on the center point, radii, and direction?
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Is the proper notation used for calling functions in other packages?
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Is there roxygen2-style documentation included in the R script?
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Are all the parameters of the geom documented and described?
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Does the geom include a scale_radii parameter that functions as described?