Multiple SVG

library(ggplot2)
library(ggsvg)

Multiple different SVG

Since SVG is just a character string, you can set a different SVG for every row of a data.frame, and then use this column as the svg aesthetic.

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Read multiple SVG somehow
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
statue   <- paste(readLines("https://www.svgrepo.com/download/227885/statue-of-liberty.svg"), collapse = "\n")
building <- paste(readLines("https://www.svgrepo.com/download/129010/bank-sign.svg")        , collapse = "\n")
sign     <- paste(readLines("https://www.svgrepo.com/download/118570/exit-sign.svg")        , collapse = "\n")

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Define a data.frame mapping 'type' to actual 'svg'
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
icons_df <- data.frame(
  type = c('statue', 'building', 'sign'),
  svg  = c( statue ,  building ,  sign ),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Create some Points-of-Interest and assign an svg to each
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
N <- 20
poi <- data.frame(
  lat = runif(N),
  lon = runif(N),
  type = sample(c('statue', 'building', 'sign'), N, replace = TRUE),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)

poi <- merge(poi, icons_df)


#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# {ggsvg}
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ggplot(poi) + 
  geom_point_svg(
    aes(x = lon, y = lat, svg = I(svg)),
    size = 10
  ) + 
  labs(
    title = "{ggsvg} multiple SVG images"
  ) + 
  theme_bw()

Alternate approach to multiple different SVG

Instead of adding each svg to the poi data.frame, map type to the svg aesthetic and use a scale_svg_discrete_manual() to map from type to the actual SVG.

ggplot(poi) + 
  geom_point_svg(
    aes(x = lon, y = lat, svg = type),
    size = 10
  ) + 
  scale_svg_discrete_manual(
    aesthetics = 'svg', 
    values = c(statue = statue, building = building, sign = sign),
    guide = guide_legend(override.aes = list(size = 5))
  ) + 
  labs(
    title = "{ggsvg} multiple SVG images"
  ) + 
  theme_bw()