In the recent years, RStudio has ported Leaflet, a widely used open-source JavaScript library for creating interactive maps, to R as a package called leaflet and has made it possible to create maps in R using the familiar ggplot2 style syntax. Additionally, a bunch of Leaflet plugins that extend Leaflet’s functionalities have also been ported to R by the community members, enabling users to create a variety of maps with ease.
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