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maptools (version 1.0-1)

Tools for Handling Spatial Objects

Description

Set of tools for manipulating geographic data. It includes binary access to 'GSHHG' shoreline files. The package also provides interface wrappers for exchanging spatial objects with packages such as 'PBSmapping', 'spatstat', 'maps', and others.

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install.packages('maptools')

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Version

1.0-1

License

GPL (>= 2)

Homepage

http://maptools.r-forge.r-project.org/

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Last Published

May 14th, 2020

Functions in maptools (1.0-1)

Coercion between sp objects and spatstat im objects

SpatialLinesMidPoints

panel.pointLabel

Label placement with spplot and lattice.

Coercion between sp objects and spatstat ppp objects

Create and write KML file for PNG image overlay

Coercion between sp objects and spatstat owin objects

Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Points object

Label placement for points to avoid overlaps

Data for Splash Dams in western Oregon

Create SpatialGrid for PNG output to GE

Coercion between sp objects and spatstat psp objects

read/write to/from (ESRI) asciigrid format

Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Lines object

Virtual class "ppp"

Methods for Function elide in Package `maptools'

Find destination in geographical coordinates

Read polygon shape files into SpatialPolygonsDataFrame objects

as.SpatialPolygons.tess

Coercion of spatstat tess object to sp SpatialPolygons object

Read arc shape files into SpatialLinesDataFrame objects

Read GSHHS data into sp object

Read exported WinBUGS maps

getKMLcoordinates

Get a list of coordinates out of a KML file

readShapeSpatial

Read shape files into Spatial*DataFrame objects

Find azimuth for geographical coordinates

spRbind-methods

rbind for spatial objects

Line label placement with spplot and lattice.

nearestPointOnSegment

Get the nearest point on a segment to a given point

Make legend labels

Simplified world country polygons

Break polygons at meridian for recentering

Hisaji Ono's lake/hole problem

Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Lines object

Get shapefile header information

snapPointsToLines

Snap a set of points to a set of lines

Place grids of points over polygons

GPSbabel read interface

Methods for sun ephemerides calculations

write map data for Mondrian

US State Visibility Based Map

Export SpatialPolygons object as S-Plus map for WinBUGS

pal2SpatialPolygons

Making SpatialPolygons objects from RArcInfo input

nowrapSpatialLines

Split SpatialLines components at offset

readShapePoints

Read points shape files into SpatialPointsDataFrame objects

spCbind-methods

cbind for spatial objects

unionSpatialPolygons

Aggregate Polygons in a SpatialPolygons object

Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Polygons object

thinnedSpatialPoly

Douglas-Peuker line generalization for Spatial Polygons

Conditioned choropleth maps

Put dots in polygons

map2SpatialPolygons

Convert map objects to sp classes

checkPolygonsHoles

Check holes in Polygons objects

ContourLines2SLDF

Converter functions to build SpatialLinesDataFrame objects

Convert SpatialPolygons object for Stata tmap command

Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Polygons object or list of Polygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame

nearestPointOnLine

Get the nearest point on a line to a given point

SpatialLines2PolySet

Convert sp line and polygon objects to PBSmapping PolySet objects

as.linnet.SpatialLines

Convert SpatialLines to Linear Network