Re: [R-sig-Geo] re. Creating random (but believable) geographies

2009-12-28 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Darren Norris wrote: > using names of disease vectors to generate prefix/suffixes (mosquito, > nematode .)? Can then use family, genus, species etc already nicely > arranged into different strata? I just tried using emacs' 'dissociated press' function to c

Re: [R-sig-Geo] re. Creating random (but believable) geographies

2009-12-28 Thread Darren Norris
...snip That's an idea, but someone *might* recognise their state boundaries, even shifted into the Atlantic and maybe even rotated and given a silly name. I just like the idea of creating totally fictitious regions! That's another interesting problem - creating fake names for regions. I sup

Re: [R-sig-Geo] re. Creating random (but believable) geographies

2009-12-28 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Darren Norris wrote: > how about simply using what already exists? > For example, > Brazil [data freely available (but may need to cite the source which may > defeat what you are trying to achieve?) at: > ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/mapas/malhas_digitais/municipio_20

[R-sig-Geo] re. Creating random (but believable) geographies

2009-12-28 Thread Darren Norris
how about simply using what already exists? For example, Brazil [data freely available (but may need to cite the source which may defeat what you are trying to achieve?) at: ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/mapas/malhas_digitais/municipio_2005/E500/Proj_Geografica/ArcView_shp/ ] has three sub-administ