Re: st: spmap

[Maurizio Pisati <maurizio.pisati@unimib.it>]

Dear Lynn,
I apologize for not being more explicit. In my example x is just a dummy variable, i.e., a variable I created to exemplify the procedure you were looking for. In your case, x should be created by yourself according to your needs, assigning value 0 to polygons you want to represent as "white", and value 1 to those you want to represent as "green". For instance, suppose your dataset includes 10 regions; regions 1, 3, 6, 8 are "white" (value 0), while the remaining regions are "green" (value 1). To create the new variable x, you might run the following command:

. generate x = 1 - inlist(id,1,3,6,8)

where -id- is an existing variable that uniquely identifies regions.
Best wishes,
Maurizio



Il giorno 22/set/2012, alle ore 12.40, Lynn Lee ha scritto:

> Dear  Prof. Pisati,
> 
> The -spmap- I used is the program written by you. 
> I appreciate for your reply. I still have one more question. It looks like
> command "generate x = runiform()>0.5" assigns 0 or 1 randomly to each
> region. I tried the command you suggested, but there are other regions(not
> the region I want to color) also have the values fall into the range of
> "<0.5". How to exclude them? If I want to choose the region I want(not
> randomly) and to color them, how to do that? 
> 
> I appreciate for your help.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Lynn Lee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Maurizio Pisati
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:17 PM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: spmap
> 
> Dear Lynn,
> the following example, using datasets distributed with -spmap-, might be of
> help for drawing the map you're looking for:
> 
> . use "Italy-RegionsData.dta", clear
> . generate x = runiform()>0.5
> 
> . spmap x using "Italy-RegionsCoordinates.dta", id(id)   ///
>  clmethod(unique) fcolor(white green)                   ///
>  label(label(region) xcoord(xcoord) ycoord(ycoord)      ///
>  size(*.6) pos(0) angle(50)) 
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Maurizio
> 
> 
> 
> Il giorno 22/set/2012, alle ore 08.42, Lynn Lee ha scritto:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I am now using -spmap- drawing map.  When I write the following commad:
>> spmap x using " map.dta", ///
>> id(id) label(label(ename)  ///
>> xcoord(x_coord) ycoord(y_coord) size(*.6) ///
>> pos(0) angle(50))
>> 
>> The Stata11 generates the map and automatically color every region on 
>> the map.
>> So, I use "fcolor(white)" to set base map color to be white. But I 
>> only want to color several regions(not every region) on the map to be 
>> green. Which command is useful?
>> 
>> Any suggestion is appreciated.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Lynn Lee
>> 


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