fields (version 1.7.2)

world: Plot of the world

Description

Plots quickly, medium resolution outlines of large land masses and bodies of water.

Usage

world(ylim = c(-90, 90), xlim = NULL, add = FALSE, asp = 1,
                 xlab = "", ylab = "", xaxt = "n", yaxt = "n", eps =
                 0.1, shift = FALSE, ...)

Details

This function uses the FIELDS dataset world.dat for the coordinates. The main advantage of this function is that it is fast and easy to modify. The shift option to center over the dateline is useful because often plots of ocean and atmosphere information center the map this way.

See Also

US

Examples

# Draw map in device color number 2 ( usually red?) 

world( col=2)
# add the US
US( add=TRUE)

## Western Europe (*which* big island is missing ?)
## with a (light color!) coordinate grid:

world(xlim=c(-10,18),ylim=c(36,60), xaxt = "s", yaxt = "s")
grid()