[R-sig-Geo] transparent png images for map overlays

2010-10-08 Thread eick
I have created a SpatialPoints object, converted it to a ppp object, and then run spatialstat's density function create a density object. I can use the png function to make a density plot. I would like the density plot to be transparent so that I can include it as a layer on a map. Is there any

[R-sig-Geo] RPostgreSQL

2010-07-08 Thread Stephen G. Eick
I'm trying to access some data that I've stored in PostGIS database using the package RPostgreSQL. When I tried to load the package > library(RPostgreSQL) Error in inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...) : unable to load shared library 'c:/Users/eick/Docum

[R-sig-Geo] distance from point to line and line to line

2010-06-22 Thread Stephen G. Eick
The function spDistsN1 is pretty handy for finding the distance between a point and a set of other points taking into account projections. Are there any similar functions from finding the distance from a point to SpatialLines? What about functions to calculate the closest distance between Spat

[R-sig-Geo] (no subject)

2010-05-10 Thread Stephen G. Eick
Are there any easy function to parse WKT and convert it into a sp object? E.g. to parse "MULTILINESTRING((-88.06354 41.80337,-88.06415 41.80297,-88.06447 41.80288,-88.06566 41.80275,-88.06586 41.80277,-88.06596 41.80284,-88.06598 41.8029,-88.06592 41.80433,-88.06592 41.80449,-88.06598 41.8047

Re: [R-sig-Geo] R Scoping Rules

2010-04-18 Thread Stephen G. Eick
n") else cat("height does not exist\n") } foo <- function() { height <- 3; simple() } foo() # height exists On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Stephen G. Eick wrote: > simple<-function() { > > if(exists("height")) > > cat("heigh

[R-sig-Geo] R Scoping Rules

2010-04-18 Thread Stephen G. Eick
not find the "height" variable when I run it? Is there an easy way to make R use scoping rules like python where it searches over all frames to find the value of an symbol? Thanks, Steve Eick [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __