mapsEcuador R package provide simple functions to create printer ready PDF Ecuador maps with your own data over a full customizable template.

No GIS knowledge is required. You need just provide data and geographic data will be internally added.

Internal base maps shape files were downloaded from: https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec//documentos/web-inec/Cartografia/Clasificador_Geografico/2012/SHP.zip

You can install mapsEcuador R package from github with:

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("albuja/mapsEcuador")

Tips for newbies R Windows users:

1. Download R from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/ and install it
2. Download RStudio from https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/ and install it
3. Download Rtools from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ and install it
4. Install devtools package using install.packages("devtools")
5. Install mapsEcuador package using devtools::install_github("albuja/mapsEcuador")
6. Enjoy it!

This is simplest code needed to get a printer ready PDF Ecuador choropleth map with your own data, using all function default values.

library(mapsEcuador)

# Ecuador choropleth map with dummy data

values <- round(runif(24, 10, 1000), 3)
names(values) <- 1:24
choropleth_map_prov_pdf(values)