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+
+ncdf4Utils version 0.4-10
+-------------------------
+
+initial version in netCDF4 based on netCDF3 version ncdfUtils
+

DESCRIPTION

+Package: ncdf4Utils
+Type: Package
+Title: provides plot functions to use with NetCDF data
+Version: 0.4-10
+Date: 2010-11-22
+Author: Jonas Bhend <jonas.bhend@env.ethz.ch>, with contributions 
+    from Burkhardt Rockel <burkhardt.rockel@hzg.de>
+Maintainer: Jonas Bhend <jonas.bhend@env.ethz.ch>
+Depends: R (>= 1.8.0), ncdf4, maps, mapdata, sp, akima
+Suggests: udunits
+Description: This package contains numerous functions to plot 
+    spatial data on both rotated and regular lonlat grids, as 
+    well as an extension to the functions in ncdf allowing for 
+    NetCDF times to be read into R Date objects.
+License: GPL
+LazyLoad: yes
+LazyData: true
+Packaged: Mon November 22 14:11:000 2010; rockel

R/colfun.R

+.data <- t(array(c(
+0, 0, 0,
+2, 31, 64,
+5, 48, 97,
+23, 62, 132,
+33, 102, 172,
+67, 147, 195,
+146, 197, 222,
+209, 229, 240,
+253, 253, 253,
+253, 219, 199,
+244, 165, 130,
+214, 96, 77,
+178, 24, 43,
+138, 14, 33,
+103, 0, 31,
+68, 0, 28,
+0, 0, 0),
+dim=c(3,17)))/255
+
+.hsurf  <- t(array(c(
+ 60,  179,  113,
+157,  210,  156,
+207,  229,  174,
+242,  244,  193,
+230,  226,  148,
+216,  211,  114,
+165,  152,   72,
+121,   79,   31,
+ 81,   63,   22),
+dim=c(3,9)))/255
+
+.gpcc   <- t(array(c(
+255, 252, 127,
+255, 250, 0,
+132, 250, 127,
+22, 247, 0,
+18, 194, 0,
+15, 165, 0,
+14, 162, 255,
+9, 109, 255,
+0, 39, 255,
+139, 50, 222,
+159, 31, 161,
+189, 37, 191,
+218, 43, 221,
+253, 0, 255),
+dim=c(3,14)))/255
+
+# define the standard colour bars
+.bluewhite  <- .data[1:9,]
+.redwhite   <- .data[17:9,]
+.greenwhite <- .data[17:9,c(2,1,3)]
+.brownwhite <- .data[1:9,c(3,2,1)]
+.water        <- "#ABE1FA"
+
+rm(.data)
+
+.getval <- function(ind, val, predind, smooth) {
+    # Function to get smoothed values in the interval 0 - 1
+    #
+    # Arguments:
+    # ind       An index specifying the spacing of the values (0 - 1)
+    # val       The values to which a smoothed spline is fitted
+    # predind   The location for which the smoothed spline function
+    #           is evaluated (0 - 1)
+    # smooth    the smoothing as "spar" in smooth.spline
+    #
+    # Author    jonas.bhend -at- gkss.de
+    #
+    
+    fitfun  <- smooth.spline(ind, val, spar=smooth)
+    fitval  <- predict(fitfun, predind)$y
+    if (min(fitval) < 0) fitval <- fitval - min(fitval)
+    if (max(fitval) > 1) fitval <- fitval / max(fitval)
+    fitval
+}
+
+.colseq <- function(x, tmp, start=0, stop=1, log=F, smooth=0.4){
+    # .colseq computes a color sequence of x rgb colors along the indicated
+    # colors by tmp (Attention: 'ind' is set to .spacing to match the 
+    # colours provided by .bluewhite, etc.)
+    #
+    # Arguments:
+    # x         Number of colors 
+    # tmp       Array of rgb values (dim=c(ncolors,3)) along which
+    #           the color sequence is interpolated
+    # start/stop the range for which colours should be interpolated (0 - 1)
+    # log       logical, defaults to FALSE, interval between start
+    #           and stop is divided linearly
+    # smooth    smoothing for smooth.spline in .getval
+    #
+    # Author    jonas.bhend -at- gkss.de
+    #
+
+    ind <- seq(0,1,length=dim(tmp)[1])
+    predind <- seq(start, stop, length=x)
+    if (log & min(predind) > 0){
+        predind <- log(predind)
+        mini    <- min(predind)
+        maxi    <- max(predind)
+        predind <- (predind - mini)/(maxi-mini)*(stop-start) + start
+    }
+    
+    r       <- .getval(ind, tmp[,1], predind, smooth=smooth)
+    g       <- .getval(ind, tmp[,2], predind, smooth=smooth)
+    b       <- .getval(ind, tmp[,3], predind, smooth=smooth)
+
+    colour  <- rgb(r,g,b)
+    colour
+}
+
+rbfun <- function(x, start=0.4, log=F){
+    # rbfun computes a symmetric redblue color scale with x colors
+    #
+    # Arguments:
+    # x         number of colors
+    # start     'Darkness' of the darkest colours (0=black, 1=white)
+    # log       logical, defaults to FALSE, if true, colors around the
+    #           center of the color scale get brighter
+    #
+    # Author    jonas.bhend -at- gkss.de
+    #
+    numx <- floor(x/2)
+    if (2*numx == x){
+        colour <- c(.colseq((numx+1), .bluewhite, start=start, log=log)[1:numx], 
+                    rev(.colseq((numx+1), .redwhite, start=start, log=log)[1:numx]))
+    } else {
+        colour <- c(.colseq((numx+1), .bluewhite, start=start, log=log), 
+                    rev(.colseq((numx+1), .redwhite, start=start, log=log)[1:numx]))
+    }
+    colour
+}
+
+gbfun <- function(x, start=0.4, log=F){
+    # rbfun computes a symmetric greenbrown color scale with x colors
+    #
+    # Arguments:
+    # x         number of colors
+    # start     'Darkness' of the darkest colours (0=black, 1=white)
+    # log       logical, defaults to FALSE, if true, colors around the
+    #           center of the color scale get brighter
+    #
+    # Author    jonas.bhend -at- gkss.de
+    #
+    numx <- floor(x/2)
+    if (2*numx == x){
+        colour <- c(.colseq((numx+1), .brownwhite, start=start, log=log)[1:numx], 
+                    rev(.colseq((numx+1), .greenwhite, start=start, log=log)[1:numx]))
+    } else {
+        colour <- c(.colseq((numx+1), .brownwhite, start=start, log=log), 
+                    rev(.colseq((numx+1), .greenwhite, start=start, log=log)[1:numx]))
+    }
+    colour
+}
+
+.soil   <- c("#E6FAFF","white", "grey", gbfun(6)[c(3:1,4:6)], .water)
+

R/frac_in_polygon.R

+`frac_in_polygon` <- 
+function(lon, lat, poly.x, poly.y, multiply=4){
+
+    # blow up longitudes
+    nlon    <- length(lon)
+    lon.alt <- c(lon[1] - 0.5*diff(lon[1:2]), lon, 
+        lon[nlon] + 0.5*diff(lon[nlon - 1:0]))
+    lon.ind <- c(0,seq(0.5/nlon, 1-0.5/nlon,length=nlon),1)
+    ind.out <- seq(0.5/nlon/multiply, 1- 0.5/nlon/multiply, length=nlon*multiply)
+    lon.new <- approx(lon.ind, lon.alt, ind.out)$y
+    
+    # blow up latitudes
+    nlat    <- length(lat)
+    lat.alt <- c(lat[1] - 0.5*diff(lat[1:2]), lat, 
+        lat[nlat] + 0.5*diff(lat[nlat - 1:0]))
+    lat.ind <- c(0,seq(0.5/nlat, 1-0.5/nlat,length=nlat),1)
+    ind.out <- seq(0.5/nlat/multiply, 1- 0.5/nlat/multiply, length=nlat*multiply)
+    lat.new <- approx(lat.ind, lat.alt, ind.out)$y
+    
+    # find points in polygon
+    outgrid <- point.in.polygon(rep(lon.new, length(lat.new)),
+        rep(lat.new, each=length(lon.new)), poly.x, poly.y)
+    if (multiply == 1){
+        outgrid[outgrid > 1] <- NA
+    } else {
+        outgrid[outgrid > 1] <- 0.5
+    }
+    
+    out.tmp <- array(outgrid, c(multiply, nlon, multiply, nlat))
+    fracout <- apply(out.tmp, c(2,4), mean, na.rm=T)
+    
+    fracout
+}

R/geo2rot.R

+.k2p <- function(v){
+    if (length(v) == 3){
+        v   <- t(t(v))
+    }
+    
+    lon     <- atan(v[2,]/v[1,])/pi*180
+    indi    <- v[1,] < 0 & v[2,] < 0 & !is.na(v[1,]) & !is.na(v[2,])
+    lon[indi] <- lon[indi] - 180
+    indi    <- v[1,] < 0 & v[2,] >= 0 & !is.na(v[1,]) & !is.na(v[2,])
+    lon[indi] <- lon[indi] + 180
+    
+    lat     <- asin(v[3,])/pi*180
+    if (length(lat) == 1){
+        p   <- c(lon,lat)
+    } else {
+        p   <- cbind(lon,lat)
+    }
+        
+    p
+}
+
+##########################################################
+
+.p2k <- function(lon,lat){
+
+    lonr <- lon/180*pi
+    latr <- lat/180*pi
+
+    if (length(lonr) == 1){
+        v <- c(cos(lonr)*cos(latr),sin(lonr)*cos(latr),sin(latr)) 
+    } else {
+        v <- rbind(cos(lonr)*cos(latr),sin(lonr)*cos(latr),sin(latr))
+    }
+    v
+}
+
+##########################################################
+
+.phirot2phi  <- function(phirot, rlarot, polphi, pollam, polgam=0){
+    # Description:
+    #   This function converts phi from one rotated system to phi in another
+    #   system. If the optional argument polgam is present, the other system
+    #   can also be a rotated one, where polgam is the angle between the two
+    #   north poles.
+    #   If polgam is not present, the other system is the real geographical
+    #   system.
+    #
+    # Method:
+    #   Transformation formulas for converting between these two systems.
+    #
+    
+    # convert to -180 to 180
+    ind         <- rlarot > 180 & !is.na(rlarot)
+    rlarot[ind]    <- rlarot[ind] - 360
+    
+    # convert to -pi to pi
+    polphi      <- polphi / 180 * pi
+    pollam      <- pollam / 180 * pi
+    polgam      <- polgam / 180 * pi
+    phirot      <- phirot / 180 * pi
+    rlarot      <- rlarot / 180 * pi
+    
+    zsinpol     <- sin(polphi)
+    zcospol     <- cos(polphi)
+ 
+    # adjust for switched north pole
+    if (polgam != 0){
+        zarg    <- zsinpol * sin(phirot) + zcospol * cos(phirot) *
+            (cos(rlarot)*cos(polgam) - sin(polgam) * sin(rlarot))
+    } else {
+        zarg    <- zcospol * cos(phirot) * cos(rlarot) + zsinpol * sin(phirot)
+    }
+    
+    out         <- asin(zarg) * 180 / pi
+}
+
+
+##########################################################
+
+.phi2phirot  <- function(phi, rla, polphi, pollam){
+
+    #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Description:
+    #   This routine converts phi from the real geographical system to phi
+    #   in the rotated system.
+    #
+    # Method:
+    #   Transformation formulas for converting between these two systems.
+    #
+    #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    zsinpol     <- sin(polphi / 180 * pi)
+    zcospol     <- cos(polphi / 180 * pi)
+    zlampol     <- pollam / 180 * pi
+    zphi        <- phi / 180 * pi
+    
+    ind         <- rla > 180 & !is.na(rla)
+    rla[ind]    <- rla[ind] - 360
+    zrla        <- rla / 180 * pi
+
+    zarg1       <- sin(zphi) * zsinpol
+    zarg2       <- cos(zphi) * zcospol * cos(zrla - zlampol)
+
+    phi2phirot  <- asin(zarg1 + zarg2) * 180 / pi
+    
+    phi2phirot
+
+}
+
+##########################################################
+
+.rlarot2rla  <- function(phirot, rlarot, polphi, pollam, polgam=0){
+
+    # Description:
+    #   This function converts lambda from one rotated system to lambda in another
+    #   system. If the optional argument polgam is present, the other system
+    #   can also be a rotated one, where polgam is the angle between the two
+    #   north poles.
+    #   If polgam is not present, the other system is the real geographical
+    #   system.
+    #
+    # Method:
+    #   Transformation formulas for converting between these two systems.
+    #
+    
+    zpir18      <- pi/180
+    zrpi18      <- 180/pi
+    
+    zsinpol     <- sin(zpir18 * polphi)
+    zcospol     <- cos(zpir18 * polphi)
+
+    zlampol     <- zpir18 * pollam
+    zphis       <- zpir18 * phirot
+    
+    # convert to -180 to 180
+    ind         <- rlarot > 180 & !is.na(rlarot)
+    rlarot[ind] <- rlarot[ind] - 360
+    zrlas       <- zpir18 * rlarot
+
+
+    if (polgam != 0) {
+        zgam    <- zpir18 * polgam
+        zarg1   <- sin(zlampol) * (- zsinpol*cos(zphis) * (cos(zrlas)*cos(zgam) - 
+            sin(zrlas)*sin(zgam)) + zcospol * sin(zphis)) - cos(zlampol)*cos(zphis) * 
+            (sin(zrlas)*cos(zgam) + cos(zrlas)*sin(zgam))
+        zarg2   <- cos(zlampol) * (- zsinpol*cos(zphis) * (cos(zrlas)*cos(zgam) - 
+            sin(zrlas)*sin(zgam)) + zcospol * sin(zphis)) + sin(zlampol)*cos(zphis) *
+            (sin(zrlas)*cos(zgam) + cos(zrlas)*sin(zgam))
+    } else {
+        zarg1   <- sin(zlampol) * (-zsinpol * cos(zrlas) * cos(zphis) + zcospol * 
+            sin(zphis)) - cos(zlampol) * sin(zrlas) * cos(zphis)
+        zarg2   <- cos(zlampol) * (-zsinpol * cos(zrlas) * cos(zphis) + zcospol *
+            sin(zphis)) + sin(zlampol) * sin(zrlas) * cos(zphis)
+    }
+    
+    zarg2[zarg2 == 0] <- 1.0e-20
+
+    rlarot2rla  <- zrpi18 * atan2(zarg1, zarg2)
+    rlarot2rla
+}
+
+##########################################################
+
+.rla2rlarot  <- function(phi, rla, polphi, pollam, polgam=0) { 
+
+    #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    #
+    # Description:
+    #   This routine converts lambda from the real geographical system to lambda 
+    #   in the rotated system.
+    #
+    # Method:
+    #   Transformation formulas for converting between these two systems.
+    #
+    #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    zpir18      <- pi/180
+    zrpi18      <- 180/pi
+    
+    zsinpol     <- sin(zpir18 * polphi)
+    zcospol     <- cos(zpir18 * polphi)
+    zlampol     <- zpir18 * pollam
+    zphi        <- zpir18 * phi
+
+    # convert everything to -180 to 180
+    ind         <- rla > 180 & !is.na(rla)
+    rla[ind]    <- rla[ind] - 360
+    zrla        <- zpir18 * rla
+
+    zarg1       <- - sin(zrla-zlampol) * cos(zphi)
+    zarg2       <- - zsinpol * cos(zphi) * cos(zrla-zlampol) + 
+        zcospol * sin(zphi)
+
+    zarg2[zarg2 == 0] <- 1.0e-20
+
+    rla2rlarot  <- zrpi18 * atan2(zarg1,zarg2)
+
+    if (polgam != 0) {
+        rla2rlarot   <- polgam + rla2rlarot
+    }
+    ind         <- rla2rlarot > 180 & !is.na(rla2rlarot)
+    rla2rlarot[ind] <- rla2rlarot[ind] - 360
+    
+    rla2rlarot
+}
+
+
+##########################################################
+
+geo2rot <- function(pollon, pollat, lon, lat, polgam=0){
+
+    rlon    <- .rla2rlarot(lat, lon, pollat, pollon, polgam)
+    rlat    <- .phi2phirot(lat, lon, pollat, pollon)
+    
+    out     <- list(x=rlon, y=rlat)
+    out
+}
+
+##########################################################
+
+rot2geo <- function(pollon, pollat, rlon, rlat, polgam=0){
+
+    lon     <- .rlarot2rla(rlat, rlon, pollat, pollon, polgam)
+    lat     <- .phirot2phi(rlat, rlon, pollat, pollon, polgam)
+    
+    out     <- list(x=lon, y=lat)
+    out
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+        
+    
+    

R/ncdf_times.R

+`ncdf_times` <-
+function(nc, as.Rdate=TRUE, force=TRUE, tz="CET") {
+    # this function converts netcdf times to the 
+    # R date-time format or to the udunits dates
+    # you can choose to switch to uduints format
+    # for gregorian calendars by setting as.Rdate
+    # to FALSE
+    # non-gregorian calendar dates are output using 
+    # udunits date format
+    
+    # you can force to get back an R date format, even
+    # if the calendar used is not gregorian using
+    # force=T (may return udunits dates if conversion
+    # is not successful)
+    
+    # WARNING: time zones are not fully supported yet
+    
+    # check whether udunits is available
+    .udunitsInclude     <- FALSE
+    if (any(.packages() == "udunits") & class(try(utInit(), silent=T)) != "try-error"){
+        .udunitsInclude <- TRUE
+    }
+    
+    timei   <- which(names(nc$dim) %in% c("time", "TIME", "tim", "TIM"))
+    units   <- nc$dim[[timei]]$units
+    vals    <- nc$dim[[timei]]$vals
+    tmp     <- ncatt_get(nc, names(nc$dim)[timei], "calendar")
+    if (tmp$hasatt) {
+        calendar <- tmp$value
+    } else {
+        calendar <- "standard"
+        print(paste("Warning: Calendar is missing in", nc$filename))
+    }    
+    if (calendar == "proleptic_gregorian") calendar <- "standard"
+    
+    if (as.Rdate & calendar == "standard"){
+
+        if (charmatch("hours since", units, nomatch=0) | 
+            charmatch("minutes since", units, nomatch=0) |
+            charmatch("seconds since", units, nomatch=0)) {
+
+            mul <- 1
+            ref.txt     <- substr(units, 15,33)
+            if (charmatch("minutes", units, nomatch=0)) mul     <- 60
+            if (charmatch("hours", units, nomatch=0)) {
+                mul     <- 3600
+                ref.txt <- substr(units, 13,31)
+            }
+
+            times       <- vals * mul
+            if (nchar(ref.txt) == 19){
+                ref         <- as.POSIXct(ref.txt, tz)
+            } else {
+                ref         <- as.POSIXct(paste(ref.txt, "00", sep=":"), tz)
+            }   
+            time        <- as.Date(ref + times)
+
+        }  
+        if (charmatch("days since", units, nomatch=0)){
+            time        <- as.Date(substr(units, 12,21), "%Y-%m-%d") + vals
+        }
+        if (charmatch("months since", units, nomatch=0)) {
+            ref.yr      <- as.numeric(substr(units, 14,17))
+            ref.month   <- as.numeric(substr(units, 19,20))
+            ref.day     <- as.numeric(substr(units, 22,23))
+            if (is.null(ref.day)) ref.day <- 1
+
+            month       <- floor((vals+ref.yr*12 + ref.month-1) %% 12) + 1
+            year        <- floor((vals+ref.yr*12 + ref.month-1)/12) 
+            
+            time        <- as.Date(ISOdate(year, month, ref.day))
+        } 
+        if (charmatch("years since", units, nomatch=0)) {
+            unit.tmp    <- paste(strsplit(units, " ")[[1]][3:4], collapse=" ")
+            #ref.yr      <- substr(units, 13,16)
+            #ref.month   <- as.numeric(substr(units, 18,19))
+            ref.yr      <- as.numeric(format(as.Date(unit.tmp), "%Y"))
+            ref.month   <- as.numeric(format(as.Date(unit.tmp), "%m"))
+            if (is.null(ref.month)) ref.month <- 1
+            #ref.day     <- as.numeric(substr(units, 21,22))
+            ref.day     <- as.numeric(format(as.Date(unit.tmp), "%d"))
+            if (is.null(ref.day)) ref.day <- 1
+
+            year        <- floor(vals)
+            month       <- floor((vals*12)%%12)
+
+            time        <- as.Date(ISOdate(ref.yr + year, ref.month + month, ref.day))
+        }  
+        if (charmatch("day as", units, nomatch=0)) {
+            date        <- floor(vals)
+            day         <- as.numeric(substr(date, nchar(date)-1, nchar(date)))
+            if (all(day > 28)) date <- as.character(as.numeric(date) - max(day, na.rm=T) + 28)
+            date        <- paste("000",date, sep="")
+            date        <- substr(date, nchar(date)-7, nchar(date))
+            time        <- as.Date(date, "%Y%m%d")
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        if (.udunitsInclude){
+            time <- utCalendar(vals, units, calendar=calendar, style="array")  
+            if (force){
+                tmp  <- try(ISOdatetime(time$year, time$month, time$day, time$hour, 
+                    time$minute, time$second, tz), silent=T)
+                if (class(tmp)[1] != "try-error") time <- tmp
+            }
+        } else {
+            stop("Package udunits cannot be loaded or initialized via utInit()")
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    time
+        
+}
+

R/plot_colourbar.R

+`plot_colourbar` <-
+function (x, ...){
+    UseMethod("plot_colourbar")
+}
+
+`plot_colourbar.default` <-
+function(levs, cols, side=1, ylab="", labels=NULL,
+    xlab="", nn=1, center=F, cex.axis=1, sea.col=NULL,...){
+    # plots a colour bar given the levs and cols
+    # centers the axis labelling instead of at the 
+    # boundary when center==TRUE
+    # if sea.col is set, the colourbar is prolonged by one
+    # colour with the uncentered label sea underneath
+
+    sea.add     <- 0
+    if (!is.null(sea.col)) {
+        cols    <- c(sea.col, cols)
+        sea.add <- 1
+    }
+    ncols       <- length(cols)
+    lev.arr     <- array(1:ncols, c(1, ncols))
+    if (side %in% c(1,3)){
+        lev.arr <- t(lev.arr)
+    }    
+    
+    if (side %in% c(1,3)){
+        image(1:ncols, 1, lev.arr, axes=F, breaks=1:(ncols+1)-0.5, col=cols,
+            ylab=ylab, xlab=xlab, ...)
+        abline(v=1:(ncols-1) + 0.5)
+    } else {
+        image(1, 1:ncols, lev.arr, axes=F, breaks=1:(ncols+1)-0.5, col=cols,
+            ylab=ylab, xlab=xlab, ...)
+        abline(h=1:(ncols-1) + 0.5)
+    }
+    if (center){
+        at.lev  <- seq(1+sea.add,ncols,nn)
+        if (is.null(labels)){
+            labels <- (levs[1:(ncols-sea.add)] + levs[2:(ncols+1-sea.add)])/2
+        }
+        axis(side, at=at.lev, labels=labels, las=1, tick=F, cex.axis=cex.axis)
+    } else {
+        at.lev  <- seq(2+sea.add,ncols,nn)
+        if (is.null(labels)){
+            labels  <- levs[at.lev - sea.add]
+        }
+        axis(side, at=at.lev-0.5,labels=labels, las=1, cex.axis=cex.axis) 
+    }
+    if (!is.null(sea.col)){
+        axis(side, at=1, labels="sea", las=1, tick=F, cex.axis=cex.axis)
+    }
+    box()
+}
+
+
+`plot_colourbar.plotmap` <-
+function(x, incl.units=T, side=1, cex.axis=1, center=F, labels=NULL, ...){
+    if (!is.null(x$flag_values)){
+        center  <- TRUE
+        labels  <- x$flag_values
+        if (!is.null(x$flag_meanings)){
+            labels  <- x$flag_meanings
+        }
+    }
+        
+    plot_colourbar(x$lev, x$col, sea.col=x$sea.col, side=side, 
+        cex.axis=cex.axis, center=center, labels=labels, ...)
+
+    # plot unit-string in axis
+    if (incl.units){
+        if (!is.null(x$longname)) {
+            if (!is.null(x$units)){
+                unit.string <- paste(x$longname," (",x$units, ")", sep="")
+            } else {
+                unit.string <- x$longname
+            }
+            nlev    <- length(x$lev)            
+            axis(side, at=nlev/2, labels=unit.string, 
+                tick=F, las=1, line=2, cex.axis=cex.axis)
+        } else {
+            if (!is.null(x$units)){
+                axis(side, at=length(x$lev)-0.5, labels=x$units, 
+                    tick=F, las=1, cex.axis=cex.axis)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+

R/set_position.R

+`set_position`  <- function(x, y, size=0.1, bg=NULL){
+    # sets the display for a plot centered at x,y
+    .old_par    <<- par(no.readonly=TRUE)
+    lims        <- par("usr") 
+    flims       <- par("plt")
+
+    # expand size if necessary
+    if (length(size) %in% c(1,2)){
+        size    <- c(-0.5,0.5,-0.5,0.5)*rep(size, each=2)