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maptools (version 0.4-13)

tools for reading and handling shapefiles

Description

Set of tools for manipulating and reading geographic data, in particular ESRI shapefiles; C code used from shapelib.

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install.packages('maptools')

Monthly Downloads

1,546

Version

0.4-13

License

GPL version 2 or later (R and interface code), MIT (shapelib code)

Maintainer

Roger Bivand

Last Published

July 18th, 2023

Functions in maptools (0.4-13)

subset.polylist

Subset polygon list objects
dotsInPolys

Put dots in polygons
plot.Map

Plot a Map object
maptools

Report version information and changes
write.linelistShape

Write a arc-type shapefile
get.Pcent

Polygon centroids
write.polylistShape

Write a polygon-type shapefile
write.pointShape

Write a point-type shapefile
Map2poly

Create polygon lists and bounding boxes from imported shapefiles
symbolsInPolys

Place grids of points over polygons
plot.polylist

Plot polygons
read.shape

Read shapefile into Map object
gpcholes

Hisaji Ono's lake/hole problem