look up appropriate maps and overlay them on plots

[atn38]

If we have spatial information explicit in the data, it'd be neat to be able to match up the extent of the data with map outlines (maybe from the GADM project, or just the R maps package). The spatial plots would provide more context with map outlines. Lat/lon alone might be not that informative.

as discussed with @CoastalPlainSoils and @vanderbi in hackathon

[clnsmth]

Hi @atn38, I added this to the Enhancements project, but maybe this is more essential and should be included in the alpha- or beta-release?

[atn38]

Colin, I think of it more of a neat feature if we can pull it off. Definitely not for alpha-release. I can look into it to see if it's feasible for beta-.

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[CoastalPlainSoils]

Ann: Here are the spatial map links I found when we discussed this at the Hackathon. I think either using the maps library in R or utilizing Google Maps through ggmap could be the most effective. Link to ggmap: https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~frazier/RSpatialGuides/ggmap/ggmapCheatsheet.pdf and https://eriqande.github.io/rep-res-web/lectures/making-maps-with-R.html

[atn38]

Thanks Jocelyn! I was thinking about this (super duper awesome if implemented) feature and it might be challenging without knowing the coordinate reference system. Sometimes EML metadata might contain clues in attributeDefinition , such as "latitude in NAD83 projection". But not all datasets include that information, and if they do, not in a standard way/metadata slot. I'll ruminate more, but have a feeling it might not be quite feasible.