I used following code to merge a series of shape files with similar file structure. We can try this, but you need to do some modification of the code.
Zia

###############################################################################

# Require packages: rgdal and maptool
#-------------------------------------

library(rgdal)
library(maptools)

# Get list of all shape files from county directories/sptial/
#------------------------------------------------------------

files <- list.files(pattern="soilmu_a_ia.*.shp$", recursive=TRUE,full.names=TRUE)
uid<-1

# Get polygons from first file (_001)
#-------------------------------------

poly.data<- readOGR(files[1],gsub("^.*/(.*).shp$", "\\1", files[1]))
n <- length(slot(poly.data, "polygons"))
poly.data <- spChFIDs(poly.data, as.character(uid:(uid+n-1)))
uid <- uid + n

# mapunit polygoan: combin remaining  polygons with first polygoan
#-----------------------------------------------------------------

for (i in 2:length(files)) {
    temp.data <- readOGR(files[i], gsub("^.*/(.*).shp$", "\\1",files[i]))
    n <- length(slot(temp.data, "polygons"))
    temp.data <- spChFIDs(temp.data, as.character(uid:(uid+n-1)))
    uid <- uid + n
    poly.data <- spRbind(poly.data,temp.data)
}

names(poly.data)
proj4string(poly.data)

On 5/25/2011 3:22 AM, Pierre Roudier wrote:
Hi Nicolas,

I do not have a R session handy, but if I remember correctly, the
function gUnion() in the rgeos package would do what you want.

Hope this helps,

Pierre

2011/5/25 Nicolas Degallier<[email protected]>:
Hi All,

I have read different shapefiles that are contiguous and that have different column names 
with the function "readShapePoly".

example :

noumea<- readShapePoly(noumea.file, IDvar = "NOUMEA2_ID", proj4string = 
crs_rgnc)

and

dumbea<- readShapePoly(dumbea.file, IDvar = "DUMBEA2_", proj4string = crs_rgnc)

Now I would like to create a new shapefile with all the polygones in the "noumea" and 
"dumbea" spatial polygone data frames.

I tried :
spRbind(noumea, dumbea)

I get this message error :

Error in spRbind(as(obj, "SpatialPolygons"), as(x, "SpatialPolygons")) :
  non-unique polygon IDs

I have tried with the function rbind()
I have tried to set noumea$NOUMEA2_ID and dumbea$DUMBEA2_ with unique values 
but I still get the same message error as if the function spRbind was not using 
those two columns as polygons ID...

Does anyone know how I can fix this problem ?

Thanks a lot

Nicolas


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