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maps (version 2.1-0)

Draw Geographical Maps

Description

Display of maps. Projection code and larger maps are in separate packages (mapproj and mapdata).

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Install

install.packages('maps')

Monthly Downloads

272,790

Version

2.1-0

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Ray Brownrigg

Last Published

March 21st, 2009

Functions in maps (2.1-0)

smooth.map

Smooth out aggregated data
usa

United States Coast Map
area.map

Area of projected map regions
france

France Map
world.cities

Database of world cities
canada.cities

Database of Canadian cities
nz

New Zealand Basic Map
map.scale

Add Scale to Existing Unprojected Map
internal

Internally Required Functions
world2

Pacific Centric Low resolution World Map
ozone

Sample datasets
map

Draw Geographical Maps
identify.map

Identify regions on a map
map.where

Locate points on a map
internal2

Internally Required Functions
us.cities

Database of US cities
polygon

Polygon functions
map.axes

Draw Axes on Geographical Maps
map.text

Draw a map with labeled regions
county

United States County Map
italy

Italy Map
map.cities

Add Cities to Existing Map
world

Low resolution World Map
state

United States State Boundaries Map
match.map

Index map regions