plot.window {graphics} | R Documentation |
This function sets up the world coordinate system for a graphics
window. It is called by higher level functions such as
plot.default
(after plot.new
).
plot.window(xlim, ylim, log = "", asp = NA, ...)
xlim, ylim |
numeric of length 2, giving the x and y coordinates ranges. |
log |
character; indicating which axes should be in log scale. |
asp |
numeric, giving the aspect ratio y/x. |
... |
further graphical parameters as in par . |
Note that if asp
is a finite positive value then the window is
set up so that one data unit in the x direction is equal in length to
asp
* one data unit in the y direction.
The special case asp == 1
produces plots where distances
between points are represented accurately on screen. Values with
asp > 1
can be used to produce more accurate maps when using
latitude and longitude.
The function attempts to produce a plausible set of scales if one or
both of xlim
and ylim
is of length one or the two values
given are identical, but it is better to avoid that case.
Usually, one should rather use the higher level functions such as
plot
, hist
, image
, ...,
instead and refer to their help pages for explanation of the
arguments.
xy.coords
,
plot.xy
,
plot.default
.
##--- An example for the use of 'asp' : require(stats) # normally loaded loc <- cmdscale(eurodist) rx <- range(x <- loc[,1]) ry <- range(y <- -loc[,2]) plot(x, y, type="n", asp=1, xlab="", ylab="") abline(h = pretty(rx, 10), v = pretty(ry, 10), col = "lightgray") text(x, y, labels(eurodist), cex=0.8)