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maps (version 2.3-6)

Draw Geographical Maps

Description

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

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install.packages('maps')

Monthly Downloads

272,790

Version

2.3-6

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Ray Brownrigg

Last Published

September 6th, 2013

Functions in maps (2.3-6)

map

Draw Geographical Maps
state.carto

United States State Population Cartogram Map
canada.cities

Database of Canadian cities
match.map

Index map regions
map.where

Locate points on a map
area.map

Area of projected map regions
italy

Italy Map
us.cities

Database of US cities
nz

New Zealand Basic Map
ozone

Sample datasets
smooth.map

Smooth out aggregated data
internal2

Internally Required Functions
identify.map

Identify regions on a map
usa

United States Coast Map
france

France Map
county.fips

FIPS county codes for US County Map
county

United States County Map
map.cities

Add Cities to Existing Map
map.text

Draw a map with labeled regions
state

United States State Boundaries Map
map.scale

Add Scale to Existing Unprojected Map
state.vbm

United States State Visibility Base Map
state.fips

FIPS state codes for US 48 State Map
polygon

Polygon functions
world

Low resolution World Map
world.cities

Database of world cities
internal

Internally Required Functions
map.axes

Draw Axes on Geographical Maps
world2

Pacific Centric Low resolution World Map