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maps (version 2.3-0)

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

124,327

Version

2.3-0

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Ray Brownrigg

Last Published

December 11th, 2012

Functions in maps (2.3-0)

county.fips

FIPS county codes for US County Map
internal

Internally Required Functions
italy

Italy Map
canada.cities

Database of Canadian cities
match.map

Index map regions
map.scale

Add Scale to Existing Unprojected Map
map.axes

Draw Axes on Geographical Maps
county

United States County Map
france

France Map
world2

Pacific Centric Low resolution World Map
ozone

Sample datasets
nz

New Zealand Basic Map
map.text

Draw a map with labeled regions
state

United States State Boundaries Map
map.where

Locate points on a map
us.cities

Database of US cities
area.map

Area of projected map regions
map

Draw Geographical Maps
smooth.map

Smooth out aggregated data
state.fips

FIPS state codes for US 48 State Map
map.cities

Add Cities to Existing Map
usa

United States Coast Map
internal2

Internally Required Functions
identify.map

Identify regions on a map
polygon

Polygon functions
state.vbm

United States State Visibility Base Map
world.cities

Database of world cities
world

Low resolution World Map
state.carto

United States State Population Cartogram Map