[R] GIS re-mapping / polygon overlap

2003-10-23 Thread Jens Oehlschlägel
In Germany the Unemployment Agency uses a sectioning of the german map that is different from the usual Administrative Boundaries. Some demographic data are available in Administrative Boundaries only, some in Unemployment Boundaries only. I would like to generate estimates in one boundary

Re: [R] GIS re-mapping / polygon overlap

2003-10-23 Thread Martin Wegmann
On Thursday 23 October 2003 13:36, Jens Oehlschlägel wrote: In Germany the Unemployment Agency uses a sectioning of the german map that is different from the usual Administrative Boundaries. Some demographic data are available in Administrative Boundaries only, some in Unemployment Boundaries

Re: [R] GIS re-mapping / polygon overlap

2003-10-23 Thread Ross Ihaka
Jens Oehlschlägel wrote: AND - is there a general function in R available to map demographic data between two boundary systems OR - is there an efficient R function that can determine the amount of area overlap between two general polygons (beyond gpclib) I am willing to share

Re: [R] GIS re-mapping / polygon overlap

2003-10-23 Thread Hisaji Ono
] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 6:13 AM Subject: Re: [R] GIS re-mapping / polygon overlap Jens Oehlschlägel wrote: - is there an efficient R function that can determine the amount of area overlap between two general polygons (beyond gpclib) I am willing to share developed code

Re: [R] GIS re-mapping / polygon overlap

2003-10-23 Thread Ross Ihaka
Hisaji Ono wrote: Hi. How about GEOS available at. http://geos.refractions.net/ GEOS supports hole for clipping. I could build it in MiGW. However I've only executed demo codes. Very nice reference. I will be taking a close look through it. The Greiner-Hormann algorithm is still pretty