I answer myswelf: > lines(gridlines(x,easts=pretty(bbox(x)[1,],n=20),norths=pretty(bbox(x)[2,],n=20))) to create 20 lines. I didn't know the pretty() function... 2008/4/6, G. Allegri <giohappy at gmail.com>: > Is it possible to manage the lines spacing returned from the > gridlines() inside sp package? > > Giovanni >