[R] library maps for R

[Jonathan.Yuen@evp.slu.se]

On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Ross Ihaka wrote:

> In addition to this basic database handling, we also need to implement
> projection clipping facilities.  This is slightly more complex and help
> and advice from anyone who knows about cartography would be very welcome.
> At present the plan is to use the USGS PROJ.4 package for projections
> and to have a look at the clipping techniques use in GMT3.

I have been using PROJ.4 to do a limited number of projections (generally
called from SAS) and I have nothing but praise for the program.

Naturally, I am interested in any kind of mapping functions that can be
added to R.

Jonathan

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