loadSpatialData

regular expression used to match filenames

pattern

Load datasets found in the directory previously set with 
<code>setSpatialDataDir()</code>. 
Only files matching <code>pattern</code> will be loaded.
Core datastes available for the package include:<ul>
<li><code>TMWorldBorders</code> -- high resolution country polygons (higher 
resolution than <code>SimpleCountries</code>)</li>
<li><code>NaturalEarthAdm1</code> -- state/province polygons throughout the world</li>
<li><code>USCensusCounties</code> -- county polygons in the United States</li>
<li><code>WorldTimezones</code> -- high resolution timezone polygons (higher 
resolution than <code>SimpleTimezones</code>)</li>
</ul>These can be installed with <code>installSpatialData()</code>.

environment

A suite of conversion scripts to create internally standardized
spatial polygons data frames. Utility scripts use these data sets to return
values such as country, state, timezone, watershed, etc. associated with a
set of longitude/latitude pairs. (They also make cool maps.)

Jonathan Callahan

MazamaSpatialUtils

Spatial Data Download and Utility Functions

Tom Bergamaschi

Ruby Fore

Will Leahy

Helen Miller

Henry Nguyen

Robin Winstanley

Alice Yang

loadSpatialData function

Load spatial datasets — loadSpatialData

Load spatial datasets

loadSpatialData: Load spatial datasets

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