Hi Ogbos,
I have been off the air for a couple of days. Look at the color.legend
function in the plotrix package.

Jim
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:39 PM Ogbos Okike <giftedlife2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Jim,
> I am still having trouble with the colour code. I await your help when
> you are less busy.
>
> Thank you.
> Best
> Ogbos
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 6:25 AM Ogbos Okike <giftedlife2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Jim,
> >
> > I used a bit of my data in my attempt to follow the code.
> >
> > I got the attached plot after some tweaks.
> >
> > I would like to add horizontal color bar legend that could be used to
> > explain the number of lightning counts at different points on the
> > latitude band as plotted.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Warm regards
> > Ogbos
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 9:46 PM Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Ogbos,
> > > Here is a slight modification of a method I use to display trip
> > > density on a map:
> > >
> > > oolt<-read.table(text="Lat Lon
> > > 30.1426 104.7854
> > > 30.5622 105.0837
> > > 30.0966 104.6213
> > > 29.9795 104.8430
> > > 39.2802 147.7295
> > > 30.2469 104.6543
> > > 26.4428 157.7293
> > > 29.4782 104.5590
> > > 32.3839 105.3293
> > > 26.4746 157.8411
> > > 25.1014 159.6959
> > > 25.1242 159.6558
> > > 30.1607 104.9100
> > > 31.4900 -71.8919
> > > 43.3655 -74.9994
> > > 30.0811 104.8462
> > > 29.0912 -85.5138
> > > 26.6204 -80.9342
> > > 31.5462 -71.9638
> > > 26.8619 97.3844
> > > 30.2534 104.6134
> > > 29.9311 -85.3434
> > > 26.1524 159.6806
> > > 26.5112 158.0233
> > > 26.5441 158.0565
> > > 27.8901 -105.8554
> > > 30.3175 104.7135
> > > 26.4822 157.6127
> > > 30.1887 104.5986
> > > 29.5058 104.5661
> > > 26.4010 157.5749
> > > 30.2281 104.7585
> > > 31.4556 110.5619
> > > 30.1700 104.5861
> > > 26.3911 157.4776
> > > 30.6493 104.9949
> > > 30.2209 104.6629
> > > 26.0488 97.3608
> > > 30.2142 104.8023
> > > 30.1806 104.8158
> > > 25.2107 160.1690
> > > 30.6708 104.9385
> > > 30.4152 104.7002
> > > 30.2446 104.7804
> > > 29.5760 -85.1535
> > > 26.4484 92.4312
> > > 26.3914 157.4189
> > > 26.3986 157.4421
> > > 30.4903 -88.2271
> > > 30.6727 104.8768
> > > 30.2518 104.6466
> > > 41.6979 -78.4136
> > > 33.7575 72.1089
> > > 26.8333 -80.9485
> > > 25.3103 124.0978
> > > 30.1742 104.7554
> > > 30.6345 104.9739
> > > 30.2075 104.7960
> > > 30.2226 104.7517
> > > 30.5948 105.0532",
> > > header=TRUE)
> > > latlim<-c(20,45)
> > > lonlim<-c(-90,160)
> > > latbreaks<-seq(latlim[1],latlim[2],by=5)
> > > lonbreaks<-seq(lonlim[1],lonlim[2],by=10)
> > >
> > > mids<-function(x) {
> > >  lenx<-length(x)
> > >  return((x[1:(lenx-1)]+x[2:lenx])/2)
> > > }
> > > lonmids<-mids(lonbreaks)
> > > latmids<-mids(latbreaks)
> > > oolt$loncuts<-cut(oolt$Lon,lonbreaks)
> > > oolt$latcuts<-cut(oolt$Lat,latbreaks)
> > > counts<-table(oolt$latcuts,oolt$loncuts)
> > > library(plotrix)
> > > countcol<-color.scale(counts,extremes=c("blue","red"))
> > > map("world",xlim=c(-90,160),ylim=c(20,45))
> > > for(lon in 1:length(lonmids)) {
> > >  for(lat in 1:length(latmids)) {
> > >   if(counts[lat,lon] > 0)
> > >    draw.circle(lonmids[lon],latmids[lat],radius=sqrt(counts[lat,lon]),
> > >     border=countcol[lat,lon],col=countcol[lat,lon])
> > >  }
> > > }
> > >
> > > If you have very large counts in some places you may need to adjust
> > > the radius of the circles.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 2:50 AM Ogbos Okike <giftedlife2...@gmail.com> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear Contributors,
> > > >
> > > > I have a data of the form:
> > > > Lat          Lon
> > > > 30.1426 104.7854
> > > > 30.5622 105.0837
> > > > 30.0966 104.6213
> > > > 29.9795 104.8430
> > > > 39.2802 147.7295
> > > > 30.2469 104.6543
> > > > 26.4428 157.7293
> > > > 29.4782 104.5590
> > > > 32.3839 105.3293
> > > > 26.4746 157.8411
> > > > 25.1014 159.6959
> > > > 25.1242 159.6558
> > > > 30.1607 104.9100
> > > > 31.4900 -71.8919
> > > > 43.3655 -74.9994
> > > > 30.0811 104.8462
> > > > 29.0912 -85.5138
> > > > 26.6204 -80.9342
> > > > 31.5462 -71.9638
> > > > 26.8619 97.3844
> > > > 30.2534 104.6134
> > > > 29.9311 -85.3434
> > > > 26.1524 159.6806
> > > > 26.5112 158.0233
> > > > 26.5441 158.0565
> > > > 27.8901 -105.8554
> > > > 30.3175 104.7135
> > > > 26.4822 157.6127
> > > > 30.1887 104.5986
> > > > 29.5058 104.5661
> > > > 26.4010 157.5749
> > > > 30.2281 104.7585
> > > > 31.4556 110.5619
> > > > 30.1700 104.5861
> > > > 26.3911 157.4776
> > > > 30.6493 104.9949
> > > > 30.2209 104.6629
> > > > 26.0488 97.3608
> > > > 30.2142 104.8023
> > > > 30.1806 104.8158
> > > > 25.2107 160.1690
> > > > 30.6708 104.9385
> > > > 30.4152 104.7002
> > > > 30.2446 104.7804
> > > > 29.5760 -85.1535
> > > > 26.4484 92.4312
> > > > 26.3914 157.4189
> > > > 26.3986 157.4421
> > > > 30.4903 -88.2271
> > > > 30.6727 104.8768
> > > > 30.2518 104.6466
> > > > 41.6979 -78.4136
> > > > 33.7575 72.1089
> > > > 26.8333 -80.9485
> > > > 25.3103 124.0978
> > > > 30.1742 104.7554
> > > > 30.6345 104.9739
> > > > 30.2075 104.7960
> > > > 30.2226 104.7517
> > > > 30.5948 105.0532.
> > > > The record is for lightning flashes in the continental U.S. and
> > > > surrounding waters within the latitudinal band between
> > > > 258 and 458N.
> > > >
> > > > I want to display the result in x-y co-ordinate plot. However, the
> > > > data is very large such that when plotted, everything just appeared
> > > > blurred.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way of using color codes to  indicate the regions of higher
> > > > or lower flash densities?
> > > >
> > > > I can attach the plot I generated but I am not sure if the moderator
> > > > will allow it to go with this.
> > > >
> > > > I will send it in a separate email if required.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you so much for sparing your time.
> > > >
> > > > Best
> > > > Ogbos
> > > >
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