get.bnddata: Function for importing the contents of a BND file into R
Description
This function reads and imports into R the contents of a BND file. This kind
of files store the bounds of the given coverage (the one we are working
with). That is, the upper and lower bounds for the x and y coordinates.
Usage
get.bnddata(infodir, tablename)
Arguments
infodir
Directory where there is a file called arc.dat (usually, it is called 'info').
tablename
The name of the table in the coverage that
stores the data (usually called 'COVERAGENAME.BND').
Value
A vector with the x min, y min, x max and y max values.
References
More information about this kind of data can be found at
http://pages.infinit.net/danmo/e00/docs/v7_bin_cover.html.