rnaturalearth (version 0.0.0.9000)

ne_states: Get natural earth world state (admin level 1) polygons

Description

returns state polygons (administrative level 1) for specified countries

Usage

ne_states(country = NULL, geounit = NULL, iso_a2 = NULL, spdf = NULL)

Arguments

country

a character vector of country names.

geounit

a character vector of geounit names.

iso_a2

a character vector of iso_a2 country codes

spdf

an optional alternative states map

Value

A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object.

Examples

# comparing using country and geounit to filter
spdf_france_country <- ne_states(country = 'france')
spdf_france_geounit <- ne_states(geounit = 'france')
 
if (require(sp)) {
  plot(spdf_france_country)
  plot(spdf_france_geounit) 
  
  plot(ne_states(country = 'united kingdom'))  
  plot(ne_states(geounit = 'england'))     
}