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maptools (version 0.5-4)

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

1,594

Version

0.5-4

License

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

Maintainer

Roger Bivand

Last Published

July 18th, 2023

Functions in maptools (0.5-4)

read.shape

Read shapefile into Map object
readShapeLines

Read arc shape files into SpatialLinesDataFrame objects
Map2poly

Create polygon lists and bounding boxes from imported shapefiles
gpcholes

Hisaji Ono's lake/hole problem
readAsciiGrid

read/write to/from (ESRI) asciigrid format
readShapePoly

Read polygon shape files into SpatialPolygonsDataFrame objects
write.linelistShape

Write a arc-type shapefile
write.pointShape

Write a point-type shapefile
sp2WB

Export SpatialPolygons object as S-Plus map for WinBUGS
subset.polylist

Subset polygon list objects
maptools

Report version information and changes
get.Pcent

Polygon centroids
plot.Map

Plot a Map object
dotsInPolys

Put dots in polygons
symbolsInPolys

Place grids of points over polygons
write.polylistShape

Write a polygon-type shapefile
readShapePoints

Read points shape files into SpatialPointsDataFrame objects
plot.polylist

Plot polygons