Tips and questions re mapping...

First key point is that simplifying the map is a really good idea.

package: rmapshaper
function: ms_simplify
Code: gadmNabS <- ms_simplify(gadmNab, keep = 0.01)

N.B. Plots much faster and looks OK.
Need to play and optimise this.


Issues re "gpclib" to bind names into the object with tidy()
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21093399/how-to-turn-gpclibpermit-to-true





Some other links about this:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12629647/adding-geom-path-and-geom-text-to-the-same-ggplot-generates-error-in-r

https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/43543/how-to-calculate-polygon-centroids-in-r-for-non-contiguous-shapes

http://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/coord_map.html

http://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/scale_gradient.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6181653/creating-a-more-continuous-color-palette-in-r-ggplot2-lattice-or-latticeextra

http://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/scale_brewer.html

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21093399/how-to-turn-gpclibpermit-to-true

Microsoft Programming Link and another microcontroller

https://makecode.com/

Microbit
Circuit Playground Express

https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-circuit-playground/overview

https://makecode.adafruit.com/

Getting Genetics Done Blog.

http://www.gettinggeneticsdone.com/2014/05/r-volcano-plots-to-visualize-rnaseq-microarray.html

ggplot2 repel labels.

Repelling labels in ggplot2
https://www.r-bloggers.com/repel-overlapping-text-labels-in-ggplot2/

https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggrepel/vignettes/ggrepel.html

Selection of possible data sources and links

Relevant to Case 17 could be useful for a visualisation. 

Type 2 diabetes in South Asians: similarities and differences with white Caucasian and other populations

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715105/

The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v536/n7614/full/nature18642.html#supplementary-information

Different medical professionals
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/chiropractic/Pages/Introduction.aspx
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/foothealth/pages/foot-problems-podiatrist.aspx

API Stuff

Swagger

http://swagger.io/

Global Burden of Disease Reports

http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GlobalDALYmethods_2000_2015.pdf?ua=1

Global Health Observatory 
Map Gallery

http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/app/searchResults.aspx

http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/Files/Maps/Global_LifeExpectancy_female_2015.png

Community Conference

https://csvconf.com/

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