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maps (version 3.0.1)

Draw Geographical Maps

Description

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

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install.packages('maps')

Monthly Downloads

272,790

Version

3.0.1

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Alex Deckmyn

Last Published

December 4th, 2015

Functions in maps (3.0.1)

state.fips

FIPS state codes for US 48 State Map
canada.cities

Database of Canadian cities
map.scale

Add Scale to Existing Unprojected Map
world.cities

Database of world cities
identify.map

Identify regions on a map
county.fips

FIPS county codes for US County Map
internal2

Internally Required Functions
state

United States State Boundaries Map
map.where

Locate points on a map
map.cities

Add Cities to Existing Map
france

France Map
internal

Internally Required Functions
legacy_world

Legacy low resolution World Map.
world.legacy

Legacy world map
area.map

Area of projected map regions
map.text

Draw a map with labeled regions
usa

United States Coast Map
smooth.map

Smooth out aggregated data
state.carto

United States State Population Cartogram Map
world

Low (mid) resolution World Map
map.axes

Draw Axes on Geographical Maps
us.cities

Database of US cities
polygon

Polygon functions
county

United States County Map
match.map

Index map regions
italy

Italy Map
nz

New Zealand Basic Map
ozone

Sample datasets
iso.expand

Identify countries by ISO 3166 codes (2 or 3 letters) or by Sovereignty.
map

Draw Geographical Maps
iso3166

ISO 3166 country codes (2 or 3 letters) and sovereignty.
world2

Pacific Centric Low resolution World Map
state.vbm

United States State Visibility Base Map