[R-sig-Geo] mdf files

[Roger Bivand]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Agustin Lobo wrote:

> Has anyone imported mdf files from IMPS4.1
> (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/imps/index.html) or
> know of any tool for this?
>
> I've been browsing the files, writing the R function
> does not seem too
> difficult but wanted to make sure that the tool
> does not exist yet.

Not as far as I know. Since both the *.map and the *.mdf are ASCII, it 
certainly looks possible, and seems to fit into the Polygons/Polygon 
object structure well. Would you consider contributing an interface tool 
to maptools?

Roger

>
> Thanks
>
> Agus
>

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