[R] plot.Map Maptools

[Roger Bivand]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, DrakeGis wrote:

> Hi,
>   Is there any way to plot a Map with different shading patterns, instead
> of color intensity, in R2.0.1 over Linux ?
> 

Yes, but not with plot.Map(). If you need to fill, or shade, you are 
working with polygons. Convert to the polylist object using Map2poly(), 
and use plot.polylist() - see help(plot.polylist) for an example with 
shading patterns (arguments angle= and density=).

Roger Bivand


>   Thanks.
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