world map data
For data of a world map of administrative boundaries, I can also recommend the "Global Administrative Unit Layers" from the FAO Geonetwork catalog http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/ Just enter "GAUL" in the search window. The data exist from 1990 to 2008. Cheers, Friderike -----Original Message----- From: r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of rick reeves Sent: 16 December 2008 19:24 To: Dave Lunn; r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] world map data Dave: Here is one place to obtain the Digital Chart of the World, which should be more accurate: http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/ (Penn State University DCW Server) Get the shape files, use R maptools routines (e.g., ReadShapePoly) to read the files. Hope this helps, Rick Reeves
Dave Lunn wrote:
Hi all, Sorry if this is a dumb question.... I'm trying to produce a world map showing WinBUGS useage from the data collected at the mrc-bsu web-site. I've been trying to use the map + mapdata packages but was surprised to find that the geography of the world map seemed a little out-of-date, being specified in terms of USSR and Yugoslavia, for instance. I wondered if there was a more up-to-date version available somewhere?? Best wishes + many thanks for any help you can give... Dave Lunn
Rick Reeves Scientific Programmer/Analyst and Data Manager National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis UC Santa Barbara www.nceas.ucsb.edu 805 892 2533 _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo at stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo