[R] importing bitmap images to R

[Charles C. Berry]

Following the posting guide suggests

 	RSiteSearch("bitmap")

which leads to

 	http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/28384.html
and
 	http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/65284.html

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Michael Wolosin wrote:

> All -
>
> I'm creating some plots in R that I would like to overlay on images that
> are created outside of R.
>
> I've used "image" before to plot image-like data within R, and have added
> vector plots on top of them, but I can't find a way to read in an external
> bitmap file into R and use that.
>
> Currently the external files are .png's, but I could generate a few other
> types, if something else might be easier to import.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mike
>
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