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R plot raster colorscheme not full range

I am trying to plot a raster with a defined colour scheme, which I take from the Rcolorbrewer package, so far no problem. The raster´s value range from 0 to 1 with no NA´s.

library(RColorBrewer)
library(classInt)

pal <- brewer.pal(n=50, name = "RdYlGn")
plot(rw_start_goal_stan, col=pal)

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now I try to include quantile breaks, which I calculate using the ClassInt package

library(RColorBrewer)
library(classInt)

pal <- brewer.pal(n=50, name = "RdYlGn")
breaks.qt <- classIntervals(rw_start_goal_stan@data@values, style = "quantile")
plot(rw_start_goal_stan, breaks = breaks.qt$brks, col=pal)

incorrectly, plot() applies the colour scheme only to 50% of the value-range, the rest stays white.

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what am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • Edit: using the data supplied by OP & rasterVis::levelplot solution from this answer

    library(raster)
library(rasterVis)
library(classInt)

plotVar <- raster("LCPs_standartized.tif")

nColor <- 50
break1 <- classIntervals(plotVar[!is.na(plotVar)], 
                         n = nColor, style = "quantile")

lvp <- levelplot(plotVar, 
                 col.regions = colorRampPalette(brewer.pal(9, 'RdYlGn')), 
                 at = break1$brks, margin = FALSE)
lvp

    enter image description here

    You need to specify the number of colors in classIntervals then assign color codes to that classInterval object.

    library(RColorBrewer)
library(classInt)

plotVar <- rw_start_goal_stan@data@values
nColor <- 50
plotColor <- brewer.pal(nColor, name = "RdYlGn")

# equal-frequency class intervals
class <- classIntervals(plotVar, nColor, style = "quantile")
# assign colors to classes from classInterval object
colorCode <- findColours(class, plotColor)

# plot
plot(rw_start_goal_stan)
plot(rw_start_goal_stan, col = colorCode, add = TRUE)

# specify the location of the legend, change -117 & 44 to numbers that fit your data
legend(-117, 44, legend = names(attr(colorCode, "table")),
  fill = attr(colorCode, "palette"), cex = 0.8, bty = "n")

    Source: Maps in R