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maps (version 2.1-1)

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

2.1-1

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Ray Brownrigg

Last Published

February 8th, 2010

Functions in maps (2.1-1)

internal

Internally Required Functions
us.cities

Database of US cities
area.map

Area of projected map regions
france

France Map
map.cities

Add Cities to Existing Map
internal2

Internally Required Functions
match.map

Index map regions
polygon

Polygon functions
usa

United States Coast Map
map

Draw Geographical Maps
nz

New Zealand Basic Map
ozone

Sample datasets
world2

Pacific Centric Low resolution World Map
world

Low resolution World Map
county

United States County Map
state

United States State Boundaries Map
map.axes

Draw Axes on Geographical Maps
canada.cities

Database of Canadian cities
map.text

Draw a map with labeled regions
map.scale

Add Scale to Existing Unprojected Map
smooth.map

Smooth out aggregated data
map.where

Locate points on a map
italy

Italy Map
world.cities

Database of world cities
identify.map

Identify regions on a map