Author: hrbrmstr
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Streamgraph htmlwidget version 0.7 released (adds support for markers & annotations)
In preparation for using some of our streamgraphs for production (PDF/print) graphics, I ended up having to hand-edit labels in on one of the graphics in an Adobe product. This bumped up the priority on adding annotation functions to the…
New R Package - ipapi (IP/Domain Geolocation)
I noticed that the @rOpenSci folks had an interface to ip-api.com on their ToDo list so I whipped up a small R package to fill said…
Streamgraph package now supports continuous x axis scale
A post on StackOverflow asked about using a continuous variable for the x-axis (vs dates) in my streamgraph package. While I provided a workaround for the question, it helped me bump up the priority for adding support for continuous x axis…
Introducing the streamgraph htmlwidget R Package
We were looking for a different type of visualization for a project at work this past week and my thoughts immediately gravitated towards streamgraphs. The TLDR on streamgraphs is they they are generalized versions of stacked area graphs…
SweetheaRstats
I felt compelled to dust off my 2013 Valentine's Day #rstats post and make it all Shiny and new again. I used the same math from that post, but made the polygon a bit sharper and used ggplot2 for the…
A Step to the Right in R Assignments
I received an out-of-band question on the use of %<>% in my CDC FluView post, and took the opportunity to address it in a broader, public…
New release (0.7) of metricsgraphics htmlwidget — grids & rollovers
I've updated my metricsgraphics package to version 0.7. The core MetricsGraphics JavaScript library has been updated to version 2.1.0 (from 1.1.0). Two blog-worthy features since releasing version 0.5 are mjsgrid (which is a…
NASA GISS’s Annual Global Temperature Anomaly Trends (dplyr/ggplot version)
D Kelly O’Day did a great post on charting NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) temperature anomaly data, but it sticks with base R for data munging & plotting. While there's absolutely nothing wrong with base R operations, I…
New R Package: cdcfluview — Retrieve Flu Data from CDC's FluView Portal
NOTE If there's a particular data set from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm that you want and that isn't in the pacakge, please file it as an issue and be as specific as you can (screen shot if…
New R Package: metricsgraphics
Mozilla released the MetricsGraphics.js library back in November of 2014 (gh repo) and was greeted with great fanfare. It's primary focus is on crisp, clean layouts for interactive time-series data, but they have support for other chart…