Re: [R-sig-Geo] Method for: Creating contour maps of geocoded point shapefile attributes

2007-11-30 Thread Roger Bivand
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Rick Reeves wrote: > Hello: > > If one has a polygon shapefile of the USA and a point shapefile of USA > cities (both in geographic coordinates), and the point shapefile > includes demographic attributes for each city, what would be the best > way to create a contour map of

[R-sig-Geo] Method for: Creating contour maps of geocoded point shapefile attributes

2007-11-29 Thread Rick Reeves
Hello: If one has a polygon shapefile of the USA and a point shapefile of USA cities (both in geographic coordinates), and the point shapefile includes demographic attributes for each city, what would be the best way to create a contour map of one of the attributes that overlays the polygon