Lessons learned in working with this dataset:
- In
ggplot, the coordinate labels are also flipped after using coord_flip() (i.e. xlab specifies the y-axis label, and vice-versa)
- Looking up latitude/longitude entries using Geocoding from
tmaptools
- Downloading base maps (and picking the right bounding box/zoom level) using ggmap
- Plotting locations on a map
By far, most of the rescues are for cats, with birds as the second most rescued, and dogs the third.
Cats need rescuing all over the place!
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Most bird rescues seem centered near the center of London (darker purple)
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There are far fewer dog rescues, but they’re more geographically widespread like the cat rescues
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There seem to be a lot of foxes living (and rescued!) even in the center of London. (The larger dots represent rescues where the location wasn’t exactly known, and was guessed)
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