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Quantitative visualization of biological data in G oogle E arth using R 2 G 2, an R CRAN package
Author(s) -
Arrigo Nils,
Albert Loren P.,
Mickelson Pascal G.,
Barker Michael S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/1755-0998.12012
Subject(s) - r package , scripting language , visualization , computer science , interface (matter) , computer graphics (images) , graph , data mining , computational science , theoretical computer science , programming language , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
We briefly introduce R2G2, an R CRAN package to visualize spatially explicit biological data within the Google Earth interface. Our package combines a collection of basic graph-editing features, including automated placement of dots, segments, polygons, images (including graphs produced with R), along with several complex three-dimensional (3D) representations such as phylogenies, histograms and pie charts. We briefly present some example data sets and show the immediate benefits in communication gained from using the Google Earth interface to visually explore biological results. The package is distributed with detailed help pages providing examples and annotated source scripts with the hope that users will have an easy time using and further developing this package. R2G2 is distributed on http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages.