{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arilamstein/choroplethr/issues/7","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arilamstein/choroplethr","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arilamstein/choroplethr/issues/7/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arilamstein/choroplethr/issues/7/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/arilamstein/choroplethr/issues/7/events","html_url":"https://github.com/arilamstein/choroplethr/issues/7","id":166470704,"number":7,"title":"Consider using a better projection for USA maps","user":{"login":"PKI-Kent","id":14773133,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14773133?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent","html_url":"https://github.com/PKI-Kent","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/PKI-Kent/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-07-20T00:47:22Z","updated_at":"2016-07-20T00:47:22Z","closed_at":null,"body":"IIUC choroplethr uses coord_quickmap for coordinate projections; it in turn is an approximation to the Mercator projection. This is not a good choice for mapping the entire US; it distorts both the northern US and Alaska. An Albers projection is the conventional projection, see https://source.opennews.org/en-US/learning/choosing-right-map-projection/ for explanation and justification.\r\n\r\nBob Rudis has a nice post showing how to use Albers projection including moving Alaska and Hawaii to inset maps: https://rud.is/b/2014/11/16/moving-the-earth-well-alaska-hawaii-with-r/"}}
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