map2SpatialPolygons: Convert map objects to sp classes

Description

These functions may be used to convert map objects returned by the map function in the maps package to suitable objects defined in the sp package. In the examples below, arguments are shown for retrieving first polygons by name, then lines by window.

Usage

map2SpatialPolygons(map, IDs, proj4string = CRS(as.character(NA)), checkHoles=FALSE)
map2SpatialLines(map, IDs=NULL, proj4string = CRS(as.character(NA)))
pruneMap(map, xlim=NULL, ylim=NULL)

Arguments

map

a map object defined in the maps package and returned by the map function

IDs

Unique character ID values for each output Polygons object; the input IDs can be an integer or character vector with duplicates, where the duplicates will be combined as a single output Polygons object

proj4string

Object of class "CRS"; holding a valid proj4 string

checkHoles

default=FALSE, if TRUE call checkPolygonsHolesinternally to check hole assignment, (by default no polygon objects are holes)

xlim,ylim

limits for pruning a map object - should only be used for lines, because polygons will not be closed

Value

map2SpatialPolygons returns a SpatialPolygons object and map2SpatialLines returns a SpatialLines object (objects defined in the sp package); pruneMap returns a modified map object defined in the maps package

Details

Any zero area output geometries are dropped, and warnings are issued.

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
run <- FALSE
if(require(maps)) run <- TRUE
if (run) {
nor_coast_poly <- map("world", "norway", fill=TRUE, col="transparent",
 plot=FALSE)
range(nor_coast_poly$x, na.rm=TRUE)
}
if (run) {
range(nor_coast_poly$y, na.rm=TRUE)
}
if (run) {
nor_coast_poly <- map("world", "norway", fill=TRUE, col="transparent",
 plot=FALSE, ylim=c(58,72))
nor_coast_poly$names
}
if (run) {
IDs <- sapply(strsplit(nor_coast_poly$names, ":"), function(x) x[1])
}
if (run) {
nor_coast_poly_sp <- map2SpatialPolygons(nor_coast_poly, IDs=IDs,
 proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"))
sapply(slot(nor_coast_poly_sp, "polygons"),
 function(x) length(slot(x, "Polygons")))
}
if (run) {
plot(nor_coast_poly_sp, col="grey", axes=TRUE)
}
if (run) {
nor_coast_lines <- map("world", interior=FALSE, plot=FALSE, xlim=c(4,32),
 ylim=c(58,72))
plot(nor_coast_lines, type="l")
}
if (run) {
nor_coast_lines <- pruneMap(nor_coast_lines, xlim=c(4,32), ylim=c(58,72))
lines(nor_coast_lines, col="red")
nor_coast_lines_sp <- map2SpatialLines(nor_coast_lines,
 proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"))
plot(nor_coast_poly_sp, col="grey", axes=TRUE)
}
if (run) {
plot(nor_coast_lines_sp, col="blue", add=TRUE)
}
if (run) {
worldmap <- map("world", fill=TRUE, plot=FALSE)
worldmapPolys <- map2SpatialPolygons(worldmap, 
 IDs=sapply(strsplit(worldmap$names, ":"), "[", 1L), 
 proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"))
if (rgeosStatus()) {
require(rgeos)
vals <- rgeos::gIsValid(worldmapPolys, byid=TRUE, reason=TRUE)
print(table(sapply(strsplit(vals, "\\["), "[", 1)))
}
}
# }