Returns a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame for a simple world divisions
convertSimpleCountries(nameOnly = FALSE)
logical specifying whether to only return the name without creating the file
Name of the dataset being created.
A world borders shapefile is downloaded and converted to a
SpatialPolygonsDataFrame with additional columns of data. The resulting file will be created
in the package SpatialDataDir
which is set with setSpatialDataDir()
.
This shapefile is a greatly simplified version of the TMWorldBorders shapefile and is especially suited
for spatial searches. This is the default dataset used in getCountry()
and getCountryCode()
.
Users may wish to use a higher resolution dataset when plotting.
setSpatialDataDir
getCountry, getCountryCode