World map colour by country name

R_worldmap_political

library(rworldmap)

theCountries<-read.table("Countries.txt",header=T,sep="\t")

# These are the ISO3 names of the countries you'd like to plot in red


malMap <- joinCountryData2Map(theCountries, joinCode = "ISO3",
                              nameJoinColumn = "ISO.ALPHA.3.Code")
# This will join your malDF data.frame to the country map data
summary(factor(theCountries$ODK.project))

mapCountryData(malMap, nameColumnToPlot="ODK.project", catMethod = "categorical",
               missingCountryCol = gray(.8),addLegend = F,borderCol = T,mapTitle = NULL)
# And this will plot it, with the trick that the color palette's first
# color is red