raster (version 2.0-41)

shapefile: Read or write a shapefile

Description

Reading and writing "shapefiles". Simple wrapper around readOGR and writeOGR (rgdal package).

Usage

shapefile(filename, object=NULL, overwrite=FALSE, verbose=FALSE)

Arguments

filename

Character. Full filename of a shapefile

object

NULL when reading a shapefile. A Spatial* object when writing a shapefile

overwrite

Logical. Overwrite existing shapefile?

verbose

Logical. If TRUE, information about the file is printed

Value

• Spatial*DataFrame (reading). Nothing is returned when writing a shapefile.