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maps (version 2.1-2)

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

225,809

Version

2.1-2

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Ray Brownrigg

Last Published

April 20th, 2010

Functions in maps (2.1-2)

identify.map

Identify regions on a map
map.axes

Draw Axes on Geographical Maps
ozone

Sample datasets
map

Draw Geographical Maps
match.map

Index map regions
world

Low resolution World Map
map.text

Draw a map with labeled regions
area.map

Area of projected map regions
map.cities

Add Cities to Existing Map
us.cities

Database of US cities
italy

Italy Map
france

France Map
map.scale

Add Scale to Existing Unprojected Map
map.where

Locate points on a map
smooth.map

Smooth out aggregated data
polygon

Polygon functions
county

United States County Map
canada.cities

Database of Canadian cities
usa

United States Coast Map
state

United States State Boundaries Map
world2

Pacific Centric Low resolution World Map
internal

Internally Required Functions
world.cities

Database of world cities
nz

New Zealand Basic Map
internal2

Internally Required Functions