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Re: st: spmap question
From
Alexandru Cojocaru <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: spmap question
Date
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:04:37 -0500
Dear Maurizio,
Thank you very much, adding _EMBEDDED to the basemap dataset does
indeed solve the issue.
cheers,
Sandu
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Maurizio Pisati
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Sandu,
> in most cases, the problem you mention can be solved by adding an indicator variable called _EMBEDDED to the basemap dataset. This variable should take value 1 if the corresponding polygon is completely enclosed in another polygon, and value 0 otherwise. For details, please see the -spmap- help file ("Spatial data format").
> Best wishes,
> Maurizio
>
>
>
> Il giorno 15/gen/2013, alle ore 21.22, Alexandru Cojocaru ha scritto:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am interested in drawing a map using -spmap- (available from SSC).
>> The map is of the kind given in this example available in the -spmap-
>> helpfile:
>>
>> *****
>> use "Italy-RegionsData.dta", clear
>> spmap relig1 using "Italy-RegionsCoordinates.dta", id(id)
>> *****
>>
>> i.e. the colors indicate the prevalence of some characteristic. In my
>> case, one polygon (for the capital city) is fully surrounded by
>> another region. If prevalence is higher in the capital city than in
>> the surrounding region, the darker color of the capital city polygon
>> displays correctly. In the reverse case, however, the polygon for the
>> capital gets the same (darker) color of the surrounding region.
>>
>> Any thoughts on what can be done to get the capital city polygon to
>> display the correct color?
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sandu
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