Hi Laura,
You might find the map_data function from the ggplot2 package helpful:
library(ggplot2)
library(maps)
head(map_data("state", "iowa"))
It formats the output of the map command into a self-documenting data frame.
Hadley
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Laura Chihara <lchih...@carleton.edu> wrote:
>
> I would like to use the output from the map function
> in the package maps for use in, say, the spatstat
> package. I don't quite understand the coordinates
> for the border of the state:
> Example:
>
> library(maps)
> iowa<-map("region","iowa)
>
> x<-iowa$x
> y<-iowa$y
>
> There are NA's and duplicated coordinates.
> What would I need to do to use this in the
> spatstat owin command?
> owin(poly= ?)
>
> Thank you.
>
> -- Laura
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