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mapplots (version 1.5.3)

draw.rect: Draw ICES rectangles in an existing plot

Description

Draw ICES rectangles in an existing map and add axis labels to the top and right axes. ICES statistical rectangles (https://www.ices.dk) are rectangles of 1 degree longitude x 0.5 degrees latitude. They are used for reporting of fishing effort and landings.

Usage

draw.rect(col = "grey", lty = 2, ...)

Arguments

col

colour of the lines, defaults to "grey".

lty

line type, defaults to 2.

...

any other arguments to be passed to abline.

Author

Hans Gerritsen

References

https://www.ices.dk

See Also

basemap

Examples

Run this code
xlim <- c(-15,0)
ylim <- c(50,56)
basemap(xlim, ylim)
draw.rect()

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