canadian-cities.Rmd

See the source code and more examples here: https://github.com/plotly/knitr-demos

```{r}
library(plotly)
p = plotly('R-demos', 'p9g4f35ytd')
```

```{r}
#Load maps
library(maps)
data(canada.cities)

#Create the hexagone map
trace1 <- list(x=map(regions="canada", plot=FALSE)$x, 
               y=map(regions="canada", plot=FALSE)$y)

#Create the plotable city data
trace2 <- list(x= canada.cities$long, 
               y=canada.cities$lat,
               text=canada.cities$name,
               type="scatter",
               mode="markers",
               marker=list("size"=sqrt(canada.cities$pop/max(canada.cities$pop))*100,
                           "opacity"=0.5))
```

```{r, plotly=TRUE, width=600, height=600}
p$iplot(trace1, trace2, kwargs=list(filename='canadian cities'))
```

```{r, plotly=TRUE, width=600, height=600}
p$embed('https://plot.ly/~ChrisP/9/600/600')
```