Problems with 'values percent' and option point [Not working on Mac]

[jcor24]

This Bimap command is great !!! Congratulations !!!

I was developing the exercises and the maps were not generated when using the 'values percent' option.

In the screen appears :
option 9 not allowed
r(198)

For the map number 17, when I use the syntax:

bimap share_hisp share_afam using county_shp2, cut(pctile) palette(pinkgreen) percent  ///
	title("{fontface Arial Bold:A Stata bivariate map}") ///
	note("Data from the US Census Bureau. Counties with population > 100k plotted as proportional dots.", size(1.8)) ///	
		 textx("Share of African Americans") texty("Share of Hispanics") texts(3.5) textlabs(3) values  ///
		 ocolor() osize(none) ///
		 polygon(data("state_shp2") ocolor(white) osize(0.3)) ///
		 point(data("county") x(_CX) y(_CY) select(keep if tot_pop>100000)  psize(absolute) fcolor(lime%85) ocolor(black) osize(0.12) size(0.9) )

In the screen appears :
Problem with option point(): suboption select() specified incorrectly

I am using Stata 17 for Mac. Could these problems be due to using this version of Stata? How to fix it?

[asjadnaqvi]

For the second problem, there is a bug in the syntax which has been fixed. The point data should read the file usa_county2:

bimap share_hisp share_afam using county_shp2, cut(pctile) palette(pinkgreen) percent  ///
	title("{fontface Arial Bold:A Stata bivariate map}") ///
	note("Data from the US Census Bureau. Counties with population > 100k plotted as proportional dots.", size(1.8)) ///	
		 textx("Share of African Americans") texty("Share of Hispanics") texts(3.5) textlabs(3) values  ///
		 ocolor() osize(none) ///
		 polygon(data("state_shp2") ocolor(white) osize(0.3)) ///
		 point(data("usa_county2") x(_CX) y(_CY) select(keep if tot_pop>100000) proportional(tot_pop) psize(absolute) fcolor(lime%85) ocolor(black) osize(0.12) size(0.9) )  
	)

For the first issue, I am not getting the error on Windows. Can you check if you have the latest bimap version? which bimap should show 1.81 or newer. If the issue still exists, can you provide more details please. You can set trace on and upload the output file for the map which is giving the error. WARNING: this will generate a very large output dump on screen so you might want to export it as a log file.

[jcor24]

I reinstall bitmap package using: net install bimap, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asjadnaqvi/stata-bimap/main/installation/") replace. I am using bimap v1.81 (22 Aug 2023)

More details about the issue is in the following file in the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xvJ9i1wvIbX_MP-mgFgoGhoXvi4-Tcfx/view?usp=share_link

I realize "values percent" option is not working

[asjadnaqvi]

@jcor24 can you also dump the datafiles and the scripts on Google Drive please. I will check.

[jcor24]

Dear Asjad,

Here is the new link with datafiles and scripts : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Zkx4DUwx2swAhFEgqMk0LyztEVnE-hbk?usp=share_link

Best,

Juan Cortez

[asjadnaqvi]

The code still works fine on PC. I will ask colleagues who use Mac to see if they can reproduce the error. Will get back soon.

[saaakill]

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The point option is not working. It does not produce any error but all the population points are centered in one place far from the map.

The code -

bimap share_hisp share_afam using county_shp2, cut(pctile) palette(pinkgreen) percent  ///
title("{fontface Arial Bold:A Stata bivariate map}") ///
note("Data from the US Census Bureau. Counties with population > 100k plotted as proportional dots.", size(1.8)) ///	
	 textx("Share of African Americans") texty("Share of Hispanics") texts(3.5) textlabs(3) values  ///
	 ocolor() osize(none) ///
	 polygon(data("state_shp2") ocolor(white) osize(0.3)) ///
	 point(data("usa_county2") x(_CX) y(_CY) select(keep if tot_pop>100000) proportional(tot_pop) psize(absolute) fcolor(lime%85) ocolor(black) osize(0.12) size(0.9))

[asjadnaqvi]

@saaakill this is a projection issue. You need to make sure that the point data is also transformed using geo2xy.