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# | PROGRAM NAME: googleVis_R
# | DATE: 1/12/11
# | CREATED BY: Matt Bogard
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# | PURPOSE: Tutorial for creating Motion Charts in R with the GoogleVis package
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# | COMMENTS: See the following references for more details
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# | 1: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/01/create-motion-charts-in-r-with-the-googlevis-package.html
# | 2: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4646779/embedding-googlevis-charts-into-a-web-site/4649753#4649753
# | 3: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/googleVis/googleVis.pdf
# | 4: for more info on accessing the google API and data format requirements:
# | http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/motionchart.html#Data_Format
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# | DATA USED: via google & iris data set
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# | CONTENTS:
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# | PART 1: motion chart using googleVis data
# | PART 2: motion chart using your own data- this case
# | the well know iris data set (a default R data set)
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# | PART 4:
# | PART 5:
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# | UPDATES:
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# | set R working directory- this is where your data file will go
# | with the script for creating the visualization
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setwd("C:\\your directory\\R Data")
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# | install the googleVis package (as with any package, this only has
# | to be done forthe initial first use
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install.packages('googleVis')
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# | call the googleVis library
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library(googleVis)
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# | PART 1: motion chart using googleVis data
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# | create googelVis data object
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M <- gvisMotionChart(Fruits, "Fruit", "Year")
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# | look at data object- this includes the script that
# | will be used if you want to publish on your web page/blog
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print(M)
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# | plot the visualization-this command will open your default browser
# | and produce the visualization - this may not work depending on your
# | security and browser settings
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plot(M)
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# | create the data object that contains everything necessary to create the
# | chart on your web site/blog
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M$html$chart
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# | save the data object, which is an html file in your R
# | data directory
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cat(M$html$chart, file="tmp.html")
# from this point you can open the file in say, notepad++ and copy the
# script into your blog or web page and the motion chare will be functional
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# | PART 2: motion chart using your own data- this case
# | the well know iris data set (a default R data set)
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# | take a look at the data
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names(iris)
print(iris)
# simulate a time variable and add it to the data set
iris$time <- rep(1:50, 3)
names(iris)
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# | create googelVis data object
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r <- gvisMotionChart(iris, "Species", "time")
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# | look at data object- this includes the script that
# | will be used if you want to publish on your web page/blog
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names(r)
print(r)
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# | plot the visualization-this command will open your default browser
# | and produce the visualization - this may not work depending on your
# | security and browser settings
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plot(r)
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# | create the data object that contains everything necessary to create the
# | chart on your web site/blog
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r$html$chart
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# | save the data object, which is an html file in your R
# | data directory
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cat(r$html$chart, file="tmp2.html") 
