I need to be able to declutter this graph (first one below). Ideally I would find a macro that would declutter it in one swoop, but I am not sure if this can be done easily. One way that if might be able to work is by checking each point against all other points, and if it is within .05 of another one, then bump every other point away from the origin so that there is space to see the point/label.
For example, in the bottom left of the graph you can see "Cairo" and "Camelia" are overlapping. I want them to be separated slightly as in the second image below. Note that I only fixed Cairo and Camelia, but I need a way to do this automatically for all the points on this graph and on other large graphs.) Also note, that I need the relative positions between each point generally preserved, although I don't need them anywhere near perfect, since that would be almost impossible.
Please help with your thoughts and/or code. Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this!
Here is the list of data (I see that it doesn't format the columns properly, but you can get the idea):
For example, in the bottom left of the graph you can see "Cairo" and "Camelia" are overlapping. I want them to be separated slightly as in the second image below. Note that I only fixed Cairo and Camelia, but I need a way to do this automatically for all the points on this graph and on other large graphs.) Also note, that I need the relative positions between each point generally preserved, although I don't need them anywhere near perfect, since that would be almost impossible.
Please help with your thoughts and/or code. Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this!
Here is the list of data (I see that it doesn't format the columns properly, but you can get the idea):
Code:
x y
Cailin -1.45 -0.30
Cacilia -1.26 -0.55
Cadbury -1.12 -0.24
C3P0 -1.05 -0.42
Cairo -0.91 -0.92
Caprice -0.86 -0.50
Calvina -0.82 -0.38
Camelia -0.71 -0.95
Captain -0.64 -0.36
Calico -0.60 -0.74
Caboodle -0.55 -0.75
Cabo -0.42 -1.13
Caesar -0.37 1.30
Caramelo -0.35 -0.49
Calypso -0.34 0.01
Calloway -0.23 -0.13
Carina -0.19 0.11
Calrlino -0.11 -0.46
Camille -0.10 0.23
Camilla -0.10 0.06
Cadence -0.08 0.37
Caramba -0.07 -0.32
Calamity -0.06 -0.37
Carissa -0.03 0.01
Cahil -0.03 -0.44
Cagney -0.03 -0.52
Callum -0.02 0.05
California -0.01 0.14
Cajun -0.01 -0.37
Capo 0.03 0.18
Candy 0.04 -0.09
Callie 0.05 0.07
Caramel 0.07 0.04
Capricorn 0.07 0.10
Cammi 0.09 0.01
Cari 0.10 0.09
Caboose 0.10 1.01
Calvin 0.15 -0.05
Cain 0.15 0.34
Calvert 0.22 0.31
Caitlin 0.22 0.48
Cargo 0.26 0.11
Caddy 0.35 0.49
Camillo 0.36 0.28
Capone 0.38 0.02
Cap 0.40 -0.52
Camelot 0.43 -0.22
Cameo 0.50 -0.01
Cadet 0.50 0.00
Camus 0.53 1.26
Cadillac 0.55 0.26
Caribou 0.55 0.59
Calestina 0.56 1.09
Caper 0.70 0.13
Cambell 0.75 -0.13
Caliber 0.84 0.02
Cabaret 1.03 0.60
Canis 1.11 -0.01
Camembert 1.23 0.25
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