Re: [R-sig-Geo] Which are the most suitable, elegant or efficient packages for geographical maps in R? Which did you use yourself?

HI Markus, That's... rather broad. I'd suggest installing the Spatial taskview, reading about what's available as part of that collection at http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Spatial.html and then thinking about what you are trying to accomplish. Surely a more focused answer would be more usef

[R-sig-Geo] Which are the most suitable, elegant or efficient packages for geographical maps in R? Which did you use yourself?

Hi everyone. I remember some very interesting and professional-looking R projects that somehow involved geographical maps. Now that I'd like to work with maps myself, let me ask you this question: Which of the packages that are currently available would you think are the most elegant and use