[R] maps maptools

2009-06-22 Thread John Lipkins
Hey, A basic question. Is there anyone that knows a good text on using the R packages map and maptools for R? I have read the references for both but having trouble getting started. What I want to do is to load a map (.shp file) and display statistics on this maps using colours. Thanks in

Re: [R] maps maptools

2009-06-22 Thread Kingsford Jones
Hi John, The SIDS examples in the spatial graphics gallery may be helpful: http://r-spatial.sourceforge.net/gallery/ For a general reference, see Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R. Note that the book's webpage includes figures with code http://www.asdar-book.org/ There's also the spatial