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read.coastline.openstreetmap: Read a Coastline File in Openstreetmap Format

Description

Read coastline data stored in the openstreetmap format [1].

Usage

read.coastline.openstreetmap(file, lonlim = c(-180, 180), latlim = c(-90, 90), debug = getOption("oceDebug"), monitor = FALSE, processingLog)

Arguments

file
name of file containing coastline data.
lonlim
as latlim, but a signed longitude.
latlim
range of (signed) latitudes, used only for shapefiles. Regions that do not intersect this range are skipped.
debug
set to TRUE to print information about the header, etc.
monitor
Logical indicating whether to print an indication of progress through the file.
processingLog
if provided, the action item to be stored in the log. (Typically only provided for internal calls; the default that it provides is better for normal calls by a user.)

Value

An object of coastline-class

See Also

Other things related to coastline data: [[,coastline-method, [[<-,coastline-method, as.coastline, coastline-class, coastlineBest, coastlineCut, coastlineWorld, plot,coastline-method, read.coastline.shapefile, subset,coastline-method, summary,coastline-method