Re: [R-sig-Geo] Using Shapes file to update the "world" map

2009-07-28 Thread Sean Carmody
Thanks Roger. Upgrading from R 2.7.1 helped too! (The maptools version with that didn't have wrld_simpl). I hadn't realised I had fallen so far behind on this machine. Regards, Sean. On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Roger Bivand wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Sean Carmody wrote: > > I recently b

Re: [R-sig-Geo] Using Shapes file to update the "world" map

2009-07-28 Thread Roger Bivand
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Sean Carmody wrote: I recently began playing around with the maps package, but am definitely a novice when it comes to geographic data. While the map function is very easy to use, the map data is out of date, particularly when it comes to former Soviet Union countries. I hav

[R-sig-Geo] Using Shapes file to update the "world" map

2009-07-28 Thread Sean Carmody
I recently began playing around with the maps package, but am definitely a novice when it comes to geographic data. While the map function is very easy to use, the map data is out of date, particularly when it comes to former Soviet Union countries. I have tried to search the archives to work out h