[R] maptools: Test if point is in polygon

[Rainer M Krug]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Aleksandr Andreev
<aleksandr.andreev at gmail.com> wrote:
> In R's maptools package, is there a built-in function to test if a
> given point is "inside" a given polygon on the map?  The map was
> loaded from an ESRI Shapefile. The point's latitude and longitude are
> known.

If everything else fails, convert the shape file into a raster and
"drill down" at the location of the points.

Rainer

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> Aleks
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