3/28/2021

Squirrels in New York City

knitr::include_graphics("./squirrel.jpg")

In this presentation the squirrels from Central Park are shown by color. Data:NYC squirrel Census.

Open and clean the data

squirrels <- read.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2019/2019-10-29/nyc_squirrels.csv")
squirrels <- squirrels %>% select(1:2, 9)
squirrels <- squirrels[complete.cases(squirrels), ]
head(squirrels)
##        long      lat primary_fur_color
## 2 -73.95704 40.79485              Gray
## 3 -73.97683 40.76672          Cinnamon
## 4 -73.97572 40.76970              Gray
## 6 -73.95657 40.79026              Gray
## 7 -73.97197 40.76930              Gray
## 8 -73.96026 40.79429              Gray

The code

pal <- c("black", "brown", "gray")

map <- plot_ly(squirrels, 
               = ~lat, 
               y = ~long, 
               type = "scatter",
               color = ~factor(primary_fur_color), 
               colors = pal)

map

Where are the squirrels?