Read an ESRI shape file. Optionally, set the current projection if it is missing.
Usage
read_shape(file, current.projection = NULL)
Arguments
file
a shape file name (including directory).
current.projection
the current projection of the shape object, if it is missing in the shape file. It should be either a PROJ.4 character string (see http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/), of one of the following shortcuts:
[object Object],[object Object],[o
Value
shape object
Details
This function is a convenient wrapper of readOGR of the package rgdal. It is possible to set the current projection, if it is undefined in the shape file. If a reprojection is required, use set_projection.