Message-ID: <493956CE.7080504@gmail.com>
Date: 2008-12-05T16:29:02Z
From: Agustin Lobo
Subject: numeric fields imported as factors by readOGR()
I often get some numeric fields (i.e, AREA in this case) imported
as factors by readOGR() from shp files. WHy could it be?
I've reviewed the field in the dbf file and do not
see any non-numeric value.
Thanks
Agus
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