I have a raster map that I want to plot using ggplot2 using a continuous scale and labeled isolines on top of that.
For that I'm using the directlabels package and am close to getting what I want but I can't get both the legend and the labeled isolines on the same map
The following code reproduces my problem:
install.packages(c('ggplot2', 'directlabels'))
library('ggplot2')
library('directlabels')
df <- expand.grid(x=1:100, y=1:100)
df$z <- df$x * df$y
# Plot 1: this plot is fine but without contours
p <- ggplot(aes(x=x, y=y, z=z), data = df) +
geom_raster(data=df, aes(fill=z)) +
scale_fill_gradient(limits=range(df$z), high = 'white', low = 'red')
p
# Plot 2: This plot adds the isolines but no labels and it also adds a second legend for level which I don't want
p <- p + geom_contour(aes(colour = ..level..), color='gray30', na.rm=T, show.legend=T)
p
# Plot 3: This plot has the labeled isolines but it removes the z legend that I want to show
direct.label(p, list("bottom.pieces", colour='black'))
I would like to have the coloured raster in the background, with it's color legend on the side and the labeled isolines on top. Is there a way to do this?
Also is there a way to get the labels placed in the middle of the isolines instead of the bottom or top?
Thanks in advance
Pablo
First, fixing the issue to do with the legends.
There aren't too many options for positioning the labels. One possibility is
angled.boxes
, but thefill
colour might not be too nice.To change the
fill
colour to transparent (using code from here.And to move the labels off the contour lines: