Mapbox Density in R

How to make a Mapbox Density Heatmap in R

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library(plotly)
packageVersion('plotly')

## [1] '4.9.0.9000'

Mapbox Access Token

To plot on Mapbox maps with Plotly you "may" need a Mapbox account and a public Mapbox Access Token. See our Mapbox Map Layers documentation for more information.

Stamen Terrain Tile, no Token Needed

library(plotly)

quakes = read.csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/earthquakes-23k.csv')

p <- quakes %>%
  plot_ly(
    type = 'densitymapbox',
    lat = ~Latitude,
    lon = ~Longitude,
    coloraxis = 'coloraxis',
    radius = 10) %>%
  layout(
    mapbox = list(
      style="stamen-terrain",
      center= list(lon=180)), coloraxis = list(colorscale = "Viridis"))

# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link = api_create(p, filename="density-with-token")
chart_link

Reference

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