Enhancing graphics

Session 14

PMAP 8921: Data Visualization with R
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Summer 2021

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Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

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Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

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Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

Edit the vector in an external program
to make it match in-house style
(or just be fancy and well-designed in general)

2 / 6

Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

Edit the vector in an external program
to make it match in-house style
(or just be fancy and well-designed in general)

2 / 6

Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

Edit the vector in an external program
to make it match in-house style
(or just be fancy and well-designed in general)

Extract parts of the vector for use in Javascript for interactivity

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In-house styles

FiveThirtyEight graph of catcher hitting trends

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In-house styles

NYT graph of undercounted COVID-19 deaths

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/catcher-is-baseballs-most-endangered-position/

Hot dogs

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This is all changing though!

This was made 100% in R and ggplot!

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The way of the future

patchwork and ggtext
are removing the need to edit
graphs by hand in Illustrator

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The way of the future

patchwork and ggtext
are removing the need to edit
graphs by hand in Illustrator

You can replicate an entire in-house graphic style with R alone nowadays

6 / 6

The way of the future

patchwork and ggtext
are removing the need to edit
graphs by hand in Illustrator

You can replicate an entire in-house graphic style with R alone nowadays

Interactivity not quite at the same level,
but it's getting there with plotly

6 / 6

Enhancing graphics

Session 14

PMAP 8921: Data Visualization with R
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Summer 2021

1 / 6

Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

2 / 6

Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

2 / 6

Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

Edit the vector in an external program
to make it match in-house style
(or just be fancy and well-designed in general)

2 / 6

Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

Edit the vector in an external program
to make it match in-house style
(or just be fancy and well-designed in general)

2 / 6

Typical publication workflow

Create plot in R and ggplot2

Export plot as a vector

Edit the vector in an external program
to make it match in-house style
(or just be fancy and well-designed in general)

Extract parts of the vector for use in Javascript for interactivity

2 / 6

In-house styles

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In-house styles

3 / 6

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/05/us/coronavirus-death-toll-us.html

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/catcher-is-baseballs-most-endangered-position/

Hot dogs

4 / 6

This is all changing though!

This was made 100% in R and ggplot!

5 / 6

The way of the future

patchwork and ggtext
are removing the need to edit
graphs by hand in Illustrator

6 / 6

The way of the future

patchwork and ggtext
are removing the need to edit
graphs by hand in Illustrator

You can replicate an entire in-house graphic style with R alone nowadays

6 / 6

The way of the future

patchwork and ggtext
are removing the need to edit
graphs by hand in Illustrator

You can replicate an entire in-house graphic style with R alone nowadays

Interactivity not quite at the same level,
but it's getting there with plotly

6 / 6

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Enhancing graphics

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

In-house styles

In-house styles

Hot dogs

This is all changing though!

The way of the future

The way of the future

The way of the future

Typical publication workflow

Help

Enhancing graphics

Enhancing graphics

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

Typical publication workflow

In-house styles

In-house styles

Hot dogs

This is all changing though!

The way of the future

The way of the future

The way of the future