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A geographic scatter plot that displays data points on a world or regional map, with each point positioned by its latitude and longitude coordinates. This visualization is ideal for showing spatial distributions of events, locations, or measurements across geographic areas. Points can optionally encode additional variables through size and color, enabling multi-dimensional geographic analysis at a glance.
#' anyplot.ai
#' scatter-map-geographic: Scatter Map with Geographic Points
#' Library: ggplot2 3.5.1 | R 4.4.1
#' Quality: 92/100 | Created: 2026-05-18
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
library(scales)
library(ragg)
set.seed(42)
# --- Theme tokens -----------------------------------------------------------
THEME <- Sys.getenv("ANYPLOT_THEME", "light")
PAGE_BG <- if (THEME == "light") "#FAF8F1" else "#1A1A17"
INK <- if (THEME == "light") "#1A1A17" else "#F0EFE8"
INK_SOFT <- if (THEME == "light") "#4A4A44" else "#B8B7B0"
GRID_COLOR <- if (THEME == "light") scales::alpha("#1A1A17", 0.08) else scales::alpha("#F0EFE8", 0.08)
IMPRINT <- c("#009E73", "#C475FD", "#4467A3", "#BD8233",
"#AE3030", "#2ABCCD", "#954477")
# --- Data: Earthquake epicenters with magnitude and depth -------------------
earthquakes <- tibble::tibble(
longitude = c(-122.4, -118.2, -155.6, -73.0, 139.4, 146.6, 174.9, 120.5,
-71.2, -77.0, 102.8, 121.8, 172.5, -80.8, 91.3,
-122.7, -118.5, -155.3, -73.1, 139.5),
latitude = c(37.9, 34.0, 19.4, 40.8, 36.1, -39.0, -41.3, 0.8,
-17.0, -12.0, 3.3, 14.2, -16.7, 17.4, 28.0,
37.8, 34.1, 19.5, 40.7, 36.2),
magnitude = c(4.1, 3.8, 4.5, 3.2, 4.3, 4.7, 4.2, 3.9,
3.6, 4.0, 3.7, 3.5, 4.4, 3.3, 4.6,
3.9, 4.2, 4.0, 3.4, 4.5),
depth_km = c(12, 8, 15, 5, 18, 25, 30, 10,
7, 20, 12, 8, 35, 6, 40,
10, 9, 14, 6, 17)
)
# --- Plot -------------------------------------------------------------------
anyplot_theme <- theme_minimal(base_size = 14) +
theme(
plot.background = element_rect(fill = PAGE_BG, color = PAGE_BG),
panel.background = element_rect(fill = PAGE_BG, color = NA),
panel.grid.major = element_line(color = GRID_COLOR, linewidth = 0.2),
panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
axis.title = element_text(color = INK, size = 20),
axis.text = element_text(color = INK_SOFT, size = 16),
plot.title = element_text(color = INK, size = 24, face = "plain"),
legend.background = element_rect(fill = PAGE_BG, color = NA),
legend.text = element_text(color = INK_SOFT, size = 16),
legend.title = element_text(color = INK, size = 18),
panel.border = element_blank()
)
p <- ggplot(earthquakes, aes(x = longitude, y = latitude)) +
geom_point(aes(size = magnitude, color = depth_km), alpha = 0.75) +
scale_size_continuous(name = "Magnitude", range = c(2, 12)) +
scale_color_viridis_c(name = "Depth (km)", option = "viridis") +
labs(
title = "scatter-map-geographic · r · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai",
x = "Longitude",
y = "Latitude"
) +
coord_fixed(ratio = 1.3) +
anyplot_theme
# --- Save -------------------------------------------------------------------
ggsave(
filename = sprintf("plot-%s.png", THEME),
plot = p,
device = ragg::agg_png,
width = 16,
height = 9,
units = "in",
dpi = 300
)
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