Help with spmap legend option

[Juan Esteban Berrio]

Hi,

Im currently working on a map of Colombia with Stata 14 and spmap (Maurizio Pisati) based on the excellent resources that some users have posted here and so far no problema. But when I try to change the position of the legend it doesnt let me change it from the default position.

Here is my code

use db_col, clear
merge 1:1 NAME using attribute, assert(match) nogen

spmap pcchange using coord_dep_cuadritos, id(_ID) /// 
    legenda(on) leg(position(8)) fcolor(Greens) ocolor(gs10 gs9 gs8 gs7) ///
    label( data(db_col_locations) xcoord(x_label) ycoord(y_label) ///
    by(lgroup) label(s)size(*0.6 ..) pos(0 6) length(27 25) ) ///
    line( data(conectores) ) legend(ring(0) bplace(s) bmargin(25 0 3 0))

And this is what Im getting:

I have tried with different clock positions but it is the same every time. I was thinking that maybe with all the modification I did to the original shapefile I may have broke it (?)(haha).

Thanks in advance.

[David Radwin]

You might try removing the option bplace(s).

If that doesn't work, you could move the legend manually using the graph editor. Then if you want to move it programmatically afterward, use the syntax from the graph recording file after the not-documented command gr_edit like this:

net get spmap, replace
use http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/Italy-RegionsData.dta
spmap relig1 using "Italy-RegionsCoordinates.dta", id(id) // legend in lower left
gr_edit .legend.plotregion1.DragBy 98.34146011536015 75.88660127196292 // legend in upper right