Leaflet Legend for Custom Markers in R

While the use of icons is not currently implemented in addLegend(), Yihui suggested the use of addControl(), using raw html - which works perfectly!

library(leaflet)

# Sample Data
data(quakes)
quakes <- quakes[1:10,]

# Choose Icon:
leafIcons <- icons(
  iconUrl = ifelse(quakes$mag < 4.6,
                   "http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/leaf-green.png",
                   "http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/leaf-red.png"
  ),
  iconWidth = 38, iconHeight = 95,
  iconAnchorX = 22, iconAnchorY = 94)

html_legend <- "<img src='http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/leaf-green.png'>green<br/>
<img src='http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/leaf-red.png'>red"

# Produce Map:
leaflet(data = quakes) %>% addTiles() %>%
  addMarkers(~long, ~lat, icon = leafIcons) %>%
  addControl(html = html_legend, position = "bottomleft")

Links

  • Green: http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/leaf-green.png
  • Red: http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/leaf-red.png
  • Orange: http://leafletjs.com/examples/custom-icons/leaf-orange.png

Which produces:

Leaflet Map with Categorical Legend


Responding to the comment above: you can change the size of the icons in the legend, regardless of the initial size you define. All you have to do is add

style='width:(desired_width)px;height:(desired_height)px'; to the HTML portion.

Specifically, your code would like:

library(leaflet)

# Sample Data
data(quakes)
quakes <- quakes[1:10,]

# Choose Icon:
leafIcons <- icons(
iconUrl = ifelse(quakes$mag < 4.6,
               "http://leafletjs.com/docs/images/leaf-green.png",
               "http://leafletjs.com/docs/images/leaf-red.png"
  ),
  iconWidth = 38, iconHeight = 95,
  iconAnchorX = 22, iconAnchorY = 94)

html_legend <- "<img src='http://leafletjs.com/docs/images/leaf-green.png'
style='width:10px;height:10px;'>green<br/> 

<img src='http://leafletjs.com/docs/images/leaf-red.png'  
style='width:10px;height:10px;'>red"

# Produce Map:
leaflet(data = quakes) %>% addTiles() %>%
addMarkers(~long, ~lat, icon = leafIcons) %>%
addControl(html = html_legend, position = "bottomleft")

Tags:

R

Legend

Leaflet