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I recently lost access to my old uni email, and so I never knew I had to fix a few things about the Spanish documentation for chilemapas. As a result, it was removed from CRAN and now it’s back. This package is now seven years old!

Here is how to create a map with a gradients reflecting the number of letters for each region name.

if (!require(chilemapas)) install.packages("chilemapas", repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")
if (!require(tmap)) install.packages("tmap", repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")

library(chilemapas)
library(tmap)

chile_regions <- generar_regiones()

chile_regions_names <- codigos_territoriales[, c("codigo_region", "nombre_region")]
chile_regions_names <- unique(chile_regions_names)
chile_regions_names$letters <- nchar(chile_regions_names$nombre_region)

chile_regions <- merge(chile_regions, chile_regions_names)

dev("chile.png")

m <- tm_shape(chile_regions) +
    tm_polygons(fill = "letters")

tmap_save(m, "chile.png", height = 7)

For the next release I will work on simplified dependencies, this release “just works”.

Note: Antartic territories are excluded and under no event these maps mean there is a cession or occupation of sovereign territories against International Laws from Chile.