I have the Google map and a list of coordinates with a text label. When I preview this, the labels overlap and thus become unreadable:
library(ggmap)
WPmap <- qmap(c(lon=4.80324, lat=52.40738), zoom = 12, source = "google")
table kaart_rtw:
Naam lat lon
1 Nieuw-Zeelandweg 52.40466 4.80214
2 Portsmuiden 52.39014 4.78554
3 Westhavenweg 52.41602 4.82282
4 Westhavenweg 52.41702 4.82282
5 Westhavenweg 52.41802 4.82282
6 Deccaweg 52.40196 4.83910
7 Coenhavenweg 52.40364 4.86195
AmsterdamMap + geom_text(data = kaart_rtw, aes(label = kaart_rtw$Naam, x = X, y = Y))
Is there a way to stop the overlapping?
Adjusting the coordinates might be the easy solution, but only when you have few observations. An example:
df <- read.table(text="Naam lat lon
Nieuw-Zeelandweg 52.40466 4.80214
Portsmuiden 52.39014 4.78554
Westhavenweg 52.41602 4.82282
Westhavenweg 52.41702 4.82282
Westhavenweg 52.41802 4.82282
Deccaweg 52.40196 4.83910
Coenhavenweg 52.40364 4.86195", header = TRUE, strip.white = TRUE)
require(ggmap)
require(ggplot2)
roads <- get_map(location = c(lon = 4.82824, lat = 52.40738), zoom = 13,
maptype = "roadmap", scale = 2)
ggmap(roads) +
geom_point(data = df, aes(x=lon, y=lat, fill="red", alpha=0.5, label = df$Naam),
size=4, shape=21) +
geom_text(data = df, aes(x = lon, y = lat, label = Naam),
size = 3, vjust = 0, hjust = -0.1) +
guides(fill = FALSE, alpha = FALSE)
The result: