PBSmapping (version 2.74.1)

nepacLL: Data: Shorelines of the NE Pacific Ocean and of the World

Description

PolySet of polygons for the shorelines of the northeast Pacific Ocean and of the world, both in normal and high resolution.

Usage

data(nepacLL)
  data(nepacLLhigh)
  data(worldLL)
  data(worldLLhigh)

Format

Data frame consisting of 4 columns: PID = primary polygon ID, POS = position of each vertex within a given polygon, X = longitude coordinate, and Y = latitude coordinate. Attributes: projection = "LL".

Author

Nicholas M. Boers, Staff Software Engineer
Jobber, Edmonton AB
Last modified Rd: 2023-10-30

References

Wessel, P. and Smith, W.H.F. (1996) A global, self-consistent, hierarchical, high-resolution shoreline database. Journal of Geophysical Research 101, 8741--8743.
(www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/Wessel+Smith_1996_JGR.pdf)

See Also

Data:
bcBathymetry, surveyData, towData

Functions:
importGSHHS, plotMap, plotPolys, addPolys, clipPolys, refocusWorld, thickenPolys, thinPolys