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maps (version 2.1-4)

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

2.1-4

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Ray Brownrigg

Last Published

May 25th, 2010

Functions in maps (2.1-4)

county

United States County Map
internal

Internally Required Functions
map.axes

Draw Axes on Geographical Maps
map.where

Locate points on a map
world

Low resolution World Map
match.map

Index map regions
smooth.map

Smooth out aggregated data
identify.map

Identify regions on a map
map.cities

Add Cities to Existing Map
area.map

Area of projected map regions
world.cities

Database of world cities
internal2

Internally Required Functions
france

France Map
map

Draw Geographical Maps
polygon

Polygon functions
nz

New Zealand Basic Map
map.scale

Add Scale to Existing Unprojected Map
world2

Pacific Centric Low resolution World Map
canada.cities

Database of Canadian cities
italy

Italy Map
map.text

Draw a map with labeled regions
us.cities

Database of US cities
ozone

Sample datasets
state

United States State Boundaries Map
usa

United States Coast Map