[R] Arc/INFO format with R?

[R. Herold]

Dear R-help list subscribers,

at "Digital Chart of the World", http://ortelius.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/, map
data for use with Arc/INFO and ArcView can be retrieved. Following a recent
thread on the use of maps in R-help, do you know if and how this data could
be used with R (under Linux or Windows)? I am looking for a way to show a
map (of Germany) with symbols of different size (like a SAS bubble plot)
showing certain cities associated with different values of a variable. Or
this there another way (data) to produce such a plot?

Thank You very much for any hint,

Ralf Herold, MD

* Pediatric Oncology Charite Virchow-Klinikum
* Medical Faculty of the Humboldt-University
* Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
* Tel. +49(30)450-66834, Fax +49(30)450-66901
* http://www.charite.de/paedonko/
* ralf.herold at charite.de  pgp welcome

[similar question posted to S-news]

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