Maybe it is a silly question, but I couldn't find the answer in the handbook of ggplot2 nor with "aunt" google...
How do I plot a circle with ggplot2 as an additional layer if I have a middle point and a diameter? Thanks for your help.
A newer, better option leverages an extension package called ggforce that defines an explicity geom_circle
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But for posterity's sake, here's a simple circle function:
circleFun <- function(center = c(0,0),diameter = 1, npoints = 100){
r = diameter / 2
tt <- seq(0,2*pi,length.out = npoints)
xx <- center[1] + r * cos(tt)
yy <- center[2] + r * sin(tt)
return(data.frame(x = xx, y = yy))
}
And a demonstration of it's use:
dat <- circleFun(c(1,-1),2.3,npoints = 100)
#geom_path will do open circles, geom_polygon will do filled circles
ggplot(dat,aes(x,y)) + geom_path()