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---
title: 'Using \color{Red} `posterdown` \color{White} to generate reproducible conference posters via RMarkdown > Knitr > Markdown > Pandoc > Latex > PDF workflow as well as long titles...'
author: "Brent Thorne"
bibliography: MyLibrary
output: posterdown::posterdown_memoir
---

```{r, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = FALSE, results = 'asis',fig.height = 3.5, fig.width = 4.5, out.width = "100%", warning = FALSE, fig.align = 'center', message = FALSE, dev='cairo_pdf')
```

# Introduction

Welcome to `posterdown` ! This is my attempt to provide a semi-smooth workflow for those who wish to take their `RMarkdown` skills to the conference world. Many creature comforts frim `RMarkdown` are available in this package such as `Markdown` section notation, figure captioning, and even citations like this one [@holden_identifying_2012] The rest of this example poster will show how you can insert typical conference poster features into your own document. 

# Study Site

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```{r, fig.width=4.5, out.width="80%", fig.cap='This is a map of Canada, the ggspatial package is great for GIS folks in R!', cache=TRUE}
library(ggplot2)
library(ggspatial)
library(ggthemes)
library(sf)

canada <- read_sf("data/Canada.geojson")


ggplot() +
  ggspatial::layer_spatial(canada, fill = "grey") +
  ggspatial::annotation_north_arrow(location = "br", which_north = "true", style = north_arrow_nautical()) +
  coord_sf() +
  theme_solarized() +
  NULL

```


# Objectives

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1. Easy to use reproducible poster design. 
2. Integration with `RMarkdown`.
3. Easy transition from `posterndown` to `thesisdown` or `rticles`

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# Methods

This package uses the same workflow approach as the `RMarkdown` you know and love. Basically it goes from RMarkdown > Knitr > Markdown > Pandoc > Latex > PDF

# Results

```{r}
library(kableExtra)
library(ggplot2)

data("iris")

kable(iris[1:4,],align = "c", caption = "Tables are a breeze with Kable and Kable extra package!", booktabs = T) %>% 
  kable_styling(latex_options = "striped")

```

\vspace{1in}

```{r, out.width='75%', fig.width=4, fig.height=3, fig.cap='A typical plot using ggplot using the classic iris dataset.'}

library(ggplot2)
library(ggthemes)

ggplot(data = iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width, colour = Species)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_fivethirtyeight() +
  labs(x = "Sepal Length", y = "Sepeal Width") +
  NULL

```

\vspace{1in}

```{r, out.width='85%', fig.width=4.5, fig.height=4, fig.cap='Another typical plot using ggplot, this time with a different theme and r code chunk options for fig.width and fig.height.'}

library(ggplot2)
library(ggthemes)

ggplot(data = iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width, colour = Species)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_hc() +
  labs(x = "Sepal Length", y = "Sepeal Width") +
  NULL

```

\vspace{1in}

```{r, out.width='80%', fig.width=4.5, fig.align='center', echo=TRUE, fig.height=5, fig.cap='Another figure showing how base R plots might look on this poster!'}

# Here is some code for people
# to look at and be in awe of!!!!
library(ggplot2)
library(ggthemes)

ggplot(data=iris,
       aes(x = Sepal.Width,
           y = Sepal.Length,
           colour = Species)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_stata() +
  NULL

```


# Next Steps

There is still **A LOT** of work to do on this package which include (but are note limited to): 

- Better softcoding for front end user options in YAML such as `posterwidth: 45in`.
- Images in the title section for logo placement which is a common attribut to posters as far as I have come to know.
- Figure out compatiability with `natbib` which wasn't working during the initial set up.
- MUCH BETTER PACKAGE DOCUMENTATION. For example, there is nothing in the README...
- Include References section only if initiated by the user like in RMarkdown.

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