[R-sig-Geo] Global potential natural vegetation at 1km?

2016-09-29 Thread Tomislav Hengl
Dear R-sig-geo, I have been looking for an existing map of global PNV (potential natural vegetation) that we could maybe use global soil / biomass modelling. So far, I noticed only two data sources that could provide compatible data: 1. Levavasseur et al. 2012 (http://iopscience.iop.org/articl

Re: [R-sig-Geo] Converting csv files to SpatialPolygonsDataFrame

2016-09-29 Thread Thierry Onkelinx
Dear Ahmed, A SpatialPolygons object is more complex than just a set of coordinates. I suggest that you read the helpfile of SpatialPolygonsDataFrame. The example in the helpfile for the SpatialPolygonsDataFrame class should be clear enough. Best regards, ir. Thierry Onkelinx Instituut voor natu